Awhile back, and for a good many months, I was actually getting to read a fair bit. Real books, I mean, not just snippets from magazines or all the wonderful bloggy goodness I get sucked into on the web. The stars aligned with a combo of my routine of nursing the babies down (and them needing some time to get settled, so I was there for awhile), their need for two naps a day, in daylight hours (bedtime its too dark to read so I listen or play with my iPod).
Elsie and Delia are actually really sweet when its bedtime, and I like to chat and cuddle and play with them a bit first. Even though I have both of them there, tandem nursing, I find this is great one-on-one time. Its hard to explain, because obviously the other twin is always right there listening/watching, but they are amazingly great at just chilling and nursing or whatever while I interact with the other. Its sweet. But after a few minutes of talking and interacting, I find its good to sort of "check out" mentally so that they get the message its time to sleep, and that is where I get my reading in. Yahoo!
But lately, I am finding less and less time to read! Bummer! I think its because we've dropped a nap (there goes 20 or so minutes of reading time!) and that they are needing to nurse less (they actually rarely fall asleep nursing now) -- so after 10 minutes or so at nap and bedtime I really ought to just put them in their cribs. Waaaah! No more forced reading time! I realize this is a silly complaint -- I should just go sit down and read with my newfound spare time! But once I am out of the chair and other things are calling, its easy to choose something else to do. Ah well.
So lately the books have been stacking up! I really need to get cracking! Here is a list of what's on my "to-read" pile (I don't own ALL of these, but the top 6-7 I do). Not a ton of heavy literature, or much literature at all, I'm afraid! I'm still finding I mostly want to plow through parenting books when I find the time....
Hey, if any of you are also Goodreads users (and not already on my friends list), let me know -- I'd love to see what you are reading! Many of the books on my list are from the suggestions of other friends. So many books, so little time!
