We like to read...

Its definitely one of my goals as a mom to have kids that know what a joy reading can be. Yes, I was a bit of a nerd growing up. I'm pretty glad I was. You could definitely find me tucked away in my room for hours reading.

Anyway, for the longest time we didn't have a bookshelf for the kids books. I didn't want to spend money on a crappy one, and we didn't really have a great place for a tall one. About six months ago I drove past this one on the side of the road. I know, lucky me. I stuffed it in the back of my car and brought it home. It has actually turned into one of my favorite pieces of furniture! My dream house will have a mini library with one of those ladders on rollers...

It lives in the hall and I couldn't get a head on shot, but this morning I did some reorganizing so I could see how many books I actually had for Jax. I had a feeling most of our books were more for Kennedy's age. I was right. I devoted most of the top shelves to Jax's reading material.

All of his thinner books - like the ones from Chick-fil-a, fit nicely in this old berry box (which I found at a garage sale for $1).


Jax is in the "this is mine - this is yours" stage. So, he thought it was pretty neat to have his things in their own place. He also "rediscovered" a lot of his books - which is always nice.

Miss Priss showed up to inspect my work. We'll see how long her shelf stays organized...