Read, Read, Read

Hudson is a fairly good reader, but tends toward math and science as his strengths.  Awhile back he wasn’t having the chapter books so I bribed him with $1 for any chapter book he wanted to read.  Somehow he took that to mean him attempting to collect payment on every chapter book he ever reads.  He has since been pounding through my bookshelves averaging about a chapter book a night with a side order of 5-10 picture books.  Boy, my wallet seems to be getting forced into a nightly dollar diet.

He actually informed me a few nights ago that I don’t own enough books. The exact words were, “Can you bring me a new pile of books?  You keep bringing me these books that I have already read.  Why can’t you just buy more?”  What?!  I own over 1,000 children’s books.  Regardless, he is finally starting to enjoy reading and I am merciless when it comes to the end of the book quizzing.  I want to know that he really knows the book well and remembers.  And let’s face it, I’m not running a free money stand.  The above is how I found him asleep after a few hours of reading.

Some #1s for #2

Annie has been taking milestones by storm these last few weeks…chewing them up and spitting them out if you will.  This is true both metaphorically as well as literally.  Annie just started reading!  We have been working on high frequency words and letter sounds since the summer, but she picked up her first book about a week ago and life around here will never be the same.  She’s read a handful of books since then and doesn’t show signs of slowing.

Then, last night Annie was chomping on an apple in the kitchen when we hear her start screaming.  Running up to Will, she asks if her tooth is crooked.  She crunched that baby extremely loose.  Panic broke out as she buried her face in her hands sobbing.  Sobs continued then escalated as she stood in front of the bathroom mirror watching her tooth bleed.  Annie then revisited the screaming for a time wrapped in a ribbon of, “no, No, NO, NOOOOOOOs!!!”.  Promptly, she informed us she was going to keep her mouth closed forever.  She doesn’t want to lose it, and she says she doesn’t want anything to do with the tooth fairy.  Clenching her teeth, she stalked off.  Honestly, her reaction took me by complete surprise.

Sidenote: We lovingly give our children numbers and it is in no way, shape or form of ranking.  It started when we had to reference them in their presence without them knowing.