{"id":575,"date":"2007-04-05T07:32:08","date_gmt":"2007-04-05T14:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=575"},"modified":"2007-04-05T07:32:08","modified_gmt":"2007-04-05T14:32:08","slug":"first-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=575","title":{"rendered":"First Book!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, after baths, J3 was reading me his homework books.  J2 sat down and picked up a book on the couch and said &#8220;Hey I can read this!&#8221;  He read about 80% of the book out loud to his brother and I.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t tell you how big this is!<br \/>\n1)  He looked at the words in a book with out being TOLD to do it<br \/>\n2)  He realized that he could read them<br \/>\n3)  He determined to sit down and read<br \/>\n4)  He persevered even when he ran into harder words.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, even amidst my complete JOY at this milestone &#8212; I find myself wishing the book was anything other than a beginner book.  But I need to compare him ONLY to him.  Not to his brothers, his cousins, other kids his age in cub scouts or at church.  I need to remember where we&#8217;ve been and hold onto the fact that slow progress is still progress!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=575\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D575&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=First%20Book%21\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=575\" data-text=\"First Book!\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"First Book!\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=575\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=575\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20First%20Book%21&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D575&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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