Cade is coming along in his reading and this year is doing quite well. He is reading the Sonlight Core 1+2 Advanced Readers. This week he was to begin "A Question of Yams" and was not happy about it. Our rule is you have to give a book 3 chapters to decide if you don't want to read it.

He whined and complained then just decided to buckle down and read. He was laying on the couch eating a plum reading his book, a few minutes later he walked through the house, nose in the book, stepped over the cat and threw away the plum pit. Later that afternoon, I looked out the window to see him walking down the street (very small dead end no traffic street!), book in hand, absorbed in the story. That night he asked if he could read until he fell asleep. Sure, just no talking I answered - well, mom, can I laugh? Sure!

This boy is the first child to awake every morning, meeting me on the couch to snuggle about 8am or so. At about 9 I began to wonder why he was not up yet, I went into his room and there he was, sprawled on his bed, nose in his book!

I commented that he must really like that story, nah, he replied, I just want to finish it! Um hum Yeah right!