Benjamin recently found Todd's old Calvin and Hobbes comic books on our bookshelves. He's been reading the two or three books every spare moment of every day. We hear him laughing out loud all over the house while he reads. Todd told him last week about the huge compilation book that has ALL of the comics from the series. They reserved it from the library and every day Benjamin would get home from school saying, "Did my book come YET, Mom?!" Well, last night on their way home from Cub Scouts, Todd and Benjamin stopped off at the library and THERE IT WAS!!!!Because Benjamin has his first ever standardized testing today, we only let him read for 20 minutes before going to bed. He tried hiding the book so he could keep reading long after lights out (a child after my own heart!), but Todd was smart enough to ask for it. This morning he woke up early and was ready for school in record time just so he could read for an hour before school.
Despite all of his excitement about Calvin and Hobbes, Benjamin was just as excited that his new scriptures came yesterday in the mail. As soon as he saw them sitting on the table, he sat down and read the first five chapters of First Nephi.
I'm so proud of the boy that he is. He is sweet and sensitive and goofy and smart. (Really. I'm not biased in any way.)
Here's to good books and great boys!
2 comments:
Your boy sounds very bright! Taylor has also loved the Calvin and Hobbes books. I think they have definitely influenced the evolvement of his humor. 5 chapters of scriptures! Wow.
Obviously my nephew is the greatest little boy in the history of all the world. No contest.
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