That'll Teach Me!!

So, Monkey1 has been badgering me to read "Eragon" for months now. I kept telling her no. I've read the book a couple of times, but I wasn't reading with an eye to whether it would be good for her to read at 8 years of age [since I never dreamed she'd want to so soon!]. One day last week she was going on about it and asking me please could she read it and I was in the middle of 5 different frustrating things and I just said "You know what, FINE! If you want to read that huge book, go right ahead!". Now, that was me thinking "NO WAY an 8yo will read that huge book and its on an adult reading level too - hard reading. She'll probably read a few pages and quit." So what happened? She read the entire book, cover to cover, in 6 days. And discussed the whole thing with me as she read so I know she was understanding it.

Sigh. Sometimes it is hard being the mother of a genius [or five LOL!].

She really liked the book by the way. :)

I bought Monkey2 some tinker toys at our community yard sale this weekend. The first thing he does is pull them out and make a very impressive sword. [I should have known...!]. He is in hog heaven getting to build new things with new components now. This picture shows him with the "Robot Arm" he constructed. You know, Jedi keep losing their arms and need replacements, so he's decided its up to him to manufacture suitable alternatives.

How much spunk and personality can you stuff into one little kid? This is Monkey3, brimming with enthusiasm and spirit as usual. She's just a little fire cracker and so much fun to be around. Lately she's been teaming up with Monkey2 and they've been taking all the furniture and toys and every other available mobile item and making "space ships" out of them. Its really funny to see what they come up with.

Monkey3 is my only child that sleeps consistently through the night - which makes her one of a kind at our house. What a good girl!


And here is Monkey4 - she and Monkey3 were doing the "Hat Dance". It was really cute [and hysterical actually] in person, don't know if it comes through in the pictures!