So I generally have a rule with cutting out toys on my saw . . . not cutting after 9:00 pm- mostly because I am a bit tired and like all ten digits on my hands and also because my boys are asleep and I don't want to wake them up. But rules can be broken right?
I should preface this by saying family storytime is super important in our house- each night we take turns all curling up on Jasper's bed or Silas' bed and reading. Likewise Jody and I take turns reading to the boys. We go through phases where we just read picture books the boys pick out, Jasper sometimes reads to Silas (super sweet!) and then there are these beautiful times where a novel is so lovely and engrossing we can hardly wait to cuddle up. We started reading The Tale of Despereaux in January and last night we finished it! I loved the entertwining stories, throughout, the engagement of the narrator to you as reader. Maybe it is because I recently saw the movie Slum Dog Millionaire- but I found several similarities between the character of Jamal and Despereaux. Their love for a character was their central driving force on their "quest" to escape the dark and be showered in the light of their love.
Needless to say we all greatly enjoyed it! So as I read the last words "Stories are light" I felt this unbelievable connection with sharing of the story that got us through many nights of dust and change with our own home as we came into the light. So as we shut down the lights and tucked them in, I went down and shut the door to the room where I work with wood and cut out 2 sweet mice and made my boys, my story boys that I raise and craft every day their own Despereaux's. They were holding their own wood needles that they are learning to sew with. So at 12:30 last night I am sneaking these freshly made "miceys" as Miggery Sow would call them into their mailboxes. Bringing the light- to our family- thanks Kate DiCamillo for crafting such a great story to swirl and inspire us during Jan and Feb! Oh and it took the boys exactly 67 minutes after waking to find them!
