Cade just finished reading his "Read with Me Bible", a NIrV Story Bible for Children. This school year he has read a story to himself or outloud to me and Geoffrey each morning and yesterday he read the last story in this Bible.

This morning he asked if he could start reading a 'real' Bible now and was delighted when I gave him his very own Bible. He is sitting at the table reading Genesis (he insisted on starting on page 1!) and underlining his favorite verse to write for his Promise Box*.

He is growing up and I couldn't be prouder!

* Each child has a recipe box with index cards, their Promise Box, where they write verses that are special to them. This year we have been focusing on individual quiet time and searching the Bible for nuggets that speak to us. They are all accumulating quite a collection of special verses and quiet time is much more meaningful to them as they see verses leap of the page and grab their attention.