The boys "read" the classics!

So, I was cleaning the kitchen the other day and listening to Glenn Beck on Facebook ("Restoring Honor Rally 8-28-2010") when the boys took it upon themselves to un-shelve many of our classics, stack them up beside the couch, and literally start to "read" them.

When caught in the act I ask "Boys! WHAT are you DOING with ALL those BOOKS?!?!"
"We're going to read them, mom," was the innocent answer from McKay and echoed by Elijah on the other end of the couch.

They were actually lying on the couch and thumbing through these masterpieces--even asking me to read them to them. Elijah later on asked me to read him the "Treatise on Rhetoric" by Aristotle! Yeah, I wish! I can't even understand that book!

So I made them put all the books back. And they did. Just like so:

Wouldn't it be cool if they really DID read all those books one day?! : )

The book that started it all . . .

Thanks to a good friend, I was introduced to this book and philosophy almost four years ago. I read it immediately, and knew right away that the principles taught in it were true. The concepts were not at all new to me, but a great way of putting all of what I felt together in one place. I was dying to read more. I finally convinced my friend to let me borrow this book:


I ate this book up! It had so many practical examples of how to apply the teachings found in the first book. I finally bought my own copy because I knew I'd want it to keep referring back to.

I finally added this book, their latest book in this little trio:

I loved it as well, but some of the lessons in it were a little advanced for my very young family, so I read the chapters that applied sooner than later. For those of you tired of the conveyor belt, these books are for YOU!!