Our movie marathon might be delayed a little longer...
Leah guessed rightly that it's not the oldest who is leading the charge, here. Tate is nearly finished with The Return of the King. He began reading The Hobbit on February 5, and is pushing to finish all four books by this Friday so he can say he's read them in a month. And those are long books!
Wyatt read The Hobbit when Tate finished with it, but then gave up and said he'd read the trilogy for next year. That's fine. No pressure, no problem. However...
Tate is not a boy who conceals his emotions, and as he's been reading through and obviously enjoying the books it has been a torment to Wyatt to hear him reacting to the story and coming to me with questions that Wyatt isn't allowed to hear. So Wyatt's having another whack at it.
All the boys are good readers, and if Wyatt will just stick with it he could finish the books in two or three weeks. If he'll stick with it...
The thing about Wyatt is that he really needs an enormous amount of physical activity or he just comes out of his skin. Well, they're all 100% boy, and they all need it... but Wyatt needs more. Trust me. So sitting and reading is much lower on his priority list than climbing trees, bouncing on the trampoline, or bouncing off the walls, for that matter. We'll see how he does, but I'm cheering for him... for both of them! :D
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Way to go, Tate! Matt is my "energetic" one- he just needs a TON of physical activity and has little interest in drawing and the "quieter" activities. Nolan will sit and color for an hour at a time! Kids can be so different, lol.
I hope Tate really enjoys the movies, especially now that he's read through all the books!
Wow! I read The Hobbit in junior high, but didn't read LOTR until high school! I'm impressed :o) I didn't get all the way through the Silmarillian until well into adulthood.
~Squirrel
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