supervising from the couch: Not my idea of comfortable.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Not my idea of comfortable.

Rob pointed out a good photo-of-the-day opportunity this morning before church. Both of the boys were sprawled out reading. These are actually conservative positions for Robbie:

I'm pretty sure he is not even conscious of his location or movement when he's in book land.
Then tonight, I had to follow up with the symmetrical version:

To go along with the reading photos, I thought it'd be fun to record what we're all reading now:
Rob: The Old Testament (he's on his second time through cover-to-cover—currently halfway through Numbers).
Me: The Old Testament Made Easier: Part I by David J. Ridges. Hoping the commentary will help me make it through this year.
Robbie: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. LeGuin.
Joey: Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn by Ridley Pearson.
Ellie: Anything and everything by Dr. Seuss.
Ainsley: Loves to be read to, and usually makes up a great version of the story while she looks at the pictures.

2 comments:

Rachel said...: Those pictures are totally classic. You have to frame them!; January 31, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Swimmingmom said...: I'm right there with the Dr. Suess books in my reading ;-) Fun pictures. I wish I could see your house, I always enjoy seeing pics. of your various rooms!; February 1, 2010 at 12:03 PM

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here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.