Guest post from Dad-o

Amy loves to sing to herself in the shower. She'll make up a story and sing the story to herself. It's usually something about fairies and her friends going on some mission with the fairies. Fascinating.

Last night Amy let said, "Dad, how about I'll read to you you while you comb my hair. Sound good?" Of course I said yes. She read three books to me...each of them twice...while I worked all the knots out of her curly locks. We sat on the bed with her in front of me. It was a nice time.

While driving the minivan sometimes I like to reach back and present my hand to Amy. Usually she'll give it a soft squeeze and then let go. It's just a little thing we do.

Under the spell of Harry Potter

I think it was just six months ago that we gave Reed the first of the Harry Potter series of books. He roared through that 400+ page book in a matter of hours, not days. The same with the next six books...so into them that he stayed up late, got up early and read in every spare second during class. Now I think it's safe to say that he's read all seven of the books at least four times apiece, if not more. And as always, lest we think that he can't possibly really be absorbing what he's reading...he is. You can ask him anything about the books and he'll answer. He's watched a few of the movies, and he knows what's different about the movie than the book (and he's not too happy that the movies are different).

Give him a book, and he's a happy, happy kid.

"I have a question"

About 5,241 times per day (estimated), Reed says "I have a question." Even when he's asking a series of questions, if there's any time at all between them, he still prefaces it with "I have a question". We now just say, "Yes, we know." :)

Reed's idea

Today was the second or third time Reed's mentioned this...he wants to be homeschooled. For him, homeschooling means he would just read books about each subject on his own, and he'd learn about whatever the subject is, and he'd be done. Recess would be going outside to play. He'd just be self-taught, no tests. Wonder if it'd work?