Mary grinned, holding the book out of the way so she could bend and press a kiss to each of their hair. it was pretty different from what she'd grown up with but they were her family, they kept her going.
She read the book quietly but made sure to make little voices along with the ones in the story. She used her free hand to pet little Stevie's hair between page turns, she knew he was probably a little wound up but he'd had a long day so maybe they'd get lucky and he'd only need one book.