We love Ramona!

For Mason's birthday we had lunch together and watched the new movie Beezus and Ramona. Mason loves Salena Gomez so he picked it out. I loved this movie. It was so stinkin cute. It brought back memories of 3rd and 4th grade when my teachers had read this to me and my class. My boys loved the movie too so it sparked an idea in my head. I thought I wonder if they'd enjoy these books as much as I did. Given they are alot younger than I was when I was first introduced to them. So I took the boys to the library and we found the Beverly Clearly section. (which she has a ton of awesome books I can't wait to read to my boys) We picked one out. I let them pick. Our first one was Ramona the Pest. I read to the boys a little bit every night until they fall asleep. They have responded to it so much better than I ever imagined. They absolutly love it. And the cool part is, all I have to say is close your eyes and pretend you are watching the movies in your head. Successfully almost every night. They fall asleep pretty quick.

After the first one (we read it in a week) we went back and picked up the first in the series. Beezus and Ramona. We finished it last night. We can't wait to go pick up another one.

I was worried that without to many pictures and it being a "chapter book," that it might be way above their heads. But this right here proves to me that they are listening. Ramona's last name starts with a Q. Her kindergarten teacher tells her that a Q is a circle with a tail. So Ramona takes that to the extreme and makes all her Q's like kitty cats with a tail of course.
For preschool Mason has name sheets he has to do for homework where he practices his name. Here's his most recent name practice paper. He doesn't have Q's but he can make his O's into Kitty cat's too. He was so proud of himself. I thought it was funny.

I love to read. And I am so excited that my boys get excited about reading too.