Update on my day……
Grocery shopping went good. I went to Aldi and Cub and did very good on my budget. I spent 75.01, just a penny over budget! I did well sticking to my shopping list. When I got home at nearly 11:00am hubby and kids were still in their PJS and not ready to go to the library. That always irritates me! GRRRR…..
I put away the groceries and got the library books ready and by then they were ready to go. Off to the library we went. I didn’t need to look for any books so I found a couch in the kids area and read while Tommy was on the computer. Tommy found another Scooby Doo movie so he was happy. Erik got a few movies too! Erik isn’t as thrilled about going to the library. He isn’t as excited about reading as the rest of us. Hopefully this summer I can find something that will grab his interest! So I am looking for reading suggestions for a 12 year old reluctant reader. He likes Lord of the Rings.
I made a quick lunch and put Tommy down for a nap. Tommy was actually tired so he went right to sleep and so did I. After our naps we went to the movie Robots. It was pretty good. The boys both enjoyed it.
Now we are home and I have two homemade pizzas in the oven. I haven’t made homemade pizza in a while. Josh and Amy went to church at Eaglebrook…..Amy’s church but will be back for pizza shortly.
RESPONSES:
IMMAX3 – Baptism lambs are just little cut out lambs that I make for our church. We have a banner with a lamb for each child baptized in our church with their name and baptism date. I make all the lambs and put them on the banner each month.
DIANA – I will gladly post some baby food recipes. I plan on adding the info to our online cookbook. I can’t believe it is almost time for your baby to be born. Good luck…can’t wait to hear about everything! I agree that daytime TV is terrible!
LisaJax– yep…it is cold where we live that is for sure. Yesterday we had a snow storm with zero visability for a bit. My son was driving in it and it scared him! Luckily it didn’t last very long at all.
Momidaze – hope you like the Tater Tot Casserole. It is a stand by in the midwest that is for sure. LOL…the land of casseroles!
I am off to play with Tommy for a bit before it is bath time for him and Erik. Have a great night!
Re books for 12 y.o. boys: Stephen R. Lawhead’s Endless Knot chronicles and the Pendragon series, any of Frank Peretti’s fiction for kids. By the time I was Erik’s age, I was reading Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series. And is the Encyclopedia Brown series still around? Hank the Cow Dog books are pretty darn funny. My parents weren’t very discriminating about what they let me read (for my 13th b-day, my dad gave me the Clan of the Cave Bear series), so from the vantage point of my old age, these are the most age-appropriate that I remember.
I just checked out an epic novel on CD called Eragon. It was written by a 15-year-old named Christopher Paolini. It got excellent reviews, and I’m thinking it might be a good intro to Science Fiction for my oldest daughter. I wanted to check it out before I let her at it.
I love the Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders series, too, they are also printed in the young adult section. I noticed just the other day that there are SO many more series out there for boys now. Clive Barker has a kids series that I want to get. I own Eragon but haven’t read it, yet. Umm….The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques and the ever popular Chronicles of Narnia are good ones, too. If he’s a reluctant reader I really recommend series, because then he’s already familiar with the characters which can make reading easier.
I’m going to echo the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. I am going to start buying them for my son, but I’ll read them in the meantime. Chronicles of Narnia is another great choice. If Erik hasn’t read all of the Lord of the Rings, try to get him started on those again. Start with The Hobbit and have him read them in order if that will help. I’d do a search on Amazon.com to see what’s available and then take a list to the library. There are a lot of books written for boys these days, thanks to Harry Potter becoming so popular. Oh, would he read Harry Potter?
How about comic books? They may not be novels, but any reading is better than none, IMO. You can find plenty of books that aren’t too violent or that have mature themes. Archie comics may seem outdated, but I know some kids who like reading those even today.
What is he interested in? Checking out books that pertain to his interests could get him involved in reading, too. If he likes trains (for example), go pick up books on how trains work, etc. I think the most important thing to remember is that while reading is fun and educational, if it’s forced, it can backfire. Allow him to make choices about the books and subjects he’d like to read (within reason, of course), and encourage him to explore the joys of reading.