Jenna Bush Hager.Photo: Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images
Jenna Bush Hager’s kids are following in her footsteps.
Speaking to PEOPLE at a party Thursday to celebrate four years of herTodaybook club,Read With Jennathe 41-year-old revealed thather three children— daughtersMila, 9,Poppy, 7, and son Hal, 3 — also have the reading bug.
“They love to read,” theToday with Hoda & Jennahost said of her kids, whom she shares with husbandHenry Hager. “I feel like when you’re modeling things like that, that’s what they do. So, my kids are loving to read. They are constantly hanging together, playing.”
As for what else her children are into, Bush Hager said her brood is “obsessed” with their new furry family member,kitten Hollywood Hager.
“It’s a huge decision, but it’s the best decision,” she said of adopting the feline, who theybrought home over the holidays. “Mila is responsible for everything. Litter box, feeding, all the above.”
Jenna Bush Hager and Henry Chase Hager with their children Poppy, Hal and Mila.Jenna Bush Hager/Instagram
Bush Hagerintroduced her new furry companionto her 1.3 million Instagram followers at the end of January.
“Do you see why we call her Hollywood?” Bush Hager asked in the video. “She’s beautiful. But we call her ‘Holly’ for short. Holly, middle name ‘Wood,’ last name ‘Hager.’ "
She captioned the post, “Instagram, meet Hollywood! My eyes are red from cat allergies, but I love her.”
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Jenna Bush Hager and Hollywood Hager.Jenna Bush Hager/Instagram
“I read whenever I can,” she said. “So I read in the morning, I read when I’m getting my hair and makeup done, I read in the evening.” Adding that picking up a book is her “greatest joy,” she continued, “I don’t watch so much television. I love doing it.”
Bush Hager also revealed howRead With Jennacame about and how it has developed into something that is beyond her “wildest dreams.”
“Well actually one of my bosses here was like, ‘I don’t know that people read that much,'” she explained. “And I was like, ‘Yes. People read, my friends read.’ And it was kind of a dare, I mean, for lack of a better word.”
“It’s become this incredible community of writers and authors and ofTodayshow viewers who are reading books that are different maybe than their everyday life,” she continued. “It’s bringing everybody together and I’m just like, it’s beyond my wildest dreams.”
source: people.com
