pillow, he says of his shelter,“ Mommy, it only took me a minute to build! Do you like it? It’ s cozy, isn’ t it? Do you wanna read to me?” And as I pick up the chapter book he’ s been flipping through for the past two days I cringe in my urge to say,“ Sure, but only one chapter,” and instead open to the first page.“ This is quite the chapter book. It’ s really long. You must be really practicing your reading.”“ Oh, it’ s ok, Mommy. It’ ll only take a minute. But you can practice your reading too.” And with that I promise him that I will indeed practice how I read from here forward.
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