"Can I Read To You, Mom?"

     My oldest son is a great reader and even though he is 9 yrs old now, he still loves to read to me.  A few nights ago, he asked if he could read me some of "The Lost Hero".  Now if you know anything about that book, you will not have a CLUE what it is about if somebody just reads you a few pages.  He started reading in the middle of a chapter.  If you know Big B, you know his personality and it will be no surprise that he reads with GREAT expression!  It cracks me up and sometimes I get so busy "watching" him that I forget to "listen" to him.  

     Laying on his bed, I tried to "listen" carefully so I could ask him questions.  Reading along, he came to a sentence that made NO sense.  I asked him to re-read it and again, it made no sense.  I didn't know if I was just not knowing the exact context, didn't understand the story or what so I asked him to explain it to me.  He started explaining but I could tell by the look on his face that he was a little confused as well.  I can't remember what the sentence was, but it had the word "karaoke" in it.  That word did not fit ANYWHERE in that sentence.  I heard him read it several times and finally asked him to spell it.  "Mom, I know the word:  KARAOKE!"  I asked him again to spell it......"Okay, c-h-e-r-o-k-e-e".  I almost fell off of the bed laughing.

     Now we talk about "karaoke tribes" in our house. ROFL!!

Happy reading,

k