If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too
My only regret is that we didn't have more kids. I came from a family of four kids, but my wife and I just started too late.
You are so lucky because you live on the west coast of Florida, where there are lots and lots of manatees, ... Most of the kids in the country don't know about manatees and how wonderful they are.