I am screaming through my house - looking for Little Billy.
He has been home from school for about half an hour and it is time for him to start his homework.
I can not find him anywhere and I am getting annoyed - to say the least - screaming and walking and screaming and walking ...
WHERE IS THAT BOY?!?
And then ... I go into my bathroom and look out the window - into the front yard - and this is what I see ...
I had to RUN and get my camera to take a picture of this phenomenon!
I had to zoom my camera in a little closer to make sure I was in fact seeing what I thought I was seeing ...
Could it really be possible?
Is that really my 10 year old son - lying out there in the sun, on the driveway, on his skateboard ramp with his pogo-stick by his side on the ground - READING A BOOK?
And not just any old book - but ... HARRY POTTER?
I almost FELL out of the window!
On the upside ... I quit my SCREAMING and just let him be. I knew it would not be long before I might hear that -- *squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak* -- of that pogo-stick again, but ... until then I had to enjoy this miraculous moment. This moment when my 10 year old son, put down his toys to actually READ A BOOK! I could not believe my eyes!
82 comments:
Oh my goodness, what a cute story!
He's my kind of guy--it's always best to read a book with the sun warming your face (that is unless you've managed to never get out of bed for the day!).
He's my kind of guy--it's always best to read a book with the sun warming your face (that is unless you've managed to never get out of bed for the day!).
I love it when I catch my son reading! But I don't think I've ever found him outside, reading. Priceless.
I wouldn't even make my boys wear a helmet if they were on the ramp doing that.
KEEP BELIEVING
next year you should bake a cake for him, then tell him it was for the one year aniversary of him reading a book. hehe (or do it on the one month. hehe) so cute. Are you feeling all better?
What a magnificent sight! Little Billy is just TOO cute for words! :)
Little Billy is so unpredictable but he is a great son to have. Sometimes, he needs you to nag but sometimes, you almost fall out of the window seeing him read without being nagged. Sometimes, he made you feel like Horton but when you are in the hospital, he made you feel so loved.
Any ideas on what caused such a phenomenon? Maybe it's something in the skating ramp? Or perhaps it was the effect of the pogo stick jogging something loose in his brain?
Whatever it is, if you could figure out a way to bottle it up, I'd buy some...I have an 11 year old son that needs to be exposed to that!
And that right there is the TRUE magic of Harry Potter. My son just whipped through the first 6 1/2 books in less than a month. Unbelievable. He will not put them down.
What a cute little boy!! And reading is good...very good!! My daughter has just rediscovered reading...at the ripe old age of 22. And I'm so glad she did. Hope you are feeling much better, Kellan!
Jeanne
♥ Right on! So cute! I'm sure he hates being called cute but really what a cutie! :)
Yep, Harry Potter will do that to a boy :)
Love the picture!!
Heidi
Aren't the good surprises nice? I'm so glad you were able to stop walking and screaming, but I will admit I am impressed you could do both at the same time. Even more proof of "Mom powers" :)!
Have a wonderful day, Kellan Renee.
Wonders never cease, do they??
What an amazing find, capture and moment to cherish - so glad you get get a photo...what a perfect photo...WOW...they never stop amazing us, with the good and the bad!!!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Don't you love these unexpected good moments? Thanks for sharing--it made my day!
I really don't understand the appeal of Harry Potter, but if it makes him read a book, it must be pretty darn good! Ha! Love the setup he made himself.
Now THAT is amazing!
I hope my son will give me a similarly surprising moment in 9 years time :).
Right now, my surprises come when he tells me he needs to go pee!
Harry Potter will do that...I could sleep till I finish them! I LOVE HP!!
So cute!! Harry Potter also converted my non-reading husband into a reader! :)
Hmmmm I wonder if i'm too old (fat) to get on a pogo stick?!
How could I possibly like that kid any more than I already did? Harry Potter... good choice.
Hey, your scary storm is on our news--- hunker down and keep that family safe, will ya?
See momma you are doing it right! he might be a sneak reader, but he is a reader none the less.
WTG Billy!!!!
How wonderful that he decided to read rather than play. What a cute picture.
I love it! What a perfect place in the sunshine to learn to love a good book.
Oh how I long for that day. I am still working on teaching my 6 year old to read and I keep promising him that reading is wonderful and eventually he will read interesting books. These early reader books are pretty dry ;)
He's got quite the set up there doesn't he? What a great picture! Glad you captured the moment.
That is such a sweet picture. Harry Potter is a quite a book for a ten year old to be reading- great vocabulary, not easy reading either.
Outside. Reading. Wow.
And he really didn't have time to stop pogo-ing, run in the house, grab the book, run out of the house, lay down and begin reading 'cause he heard you yelling for him. That was actually planned. Awesome.
I'm glad you didn't fall out the window!
How cute!
Now that is a frameable picture! Yeah for boys who like to read! That is fabulous! I love that he took his book outside to read in the sun. Love that pic!
Oh how I love reading!!
How cute!
I wish I was in the sun reading a book too!
People can say what they want but.... Harry Potter made readers out of all my boys. I love the fact that he is all stretched out in the sun.
Have a great day,
Tami
What fun! I love the reading spot, out in the sun. My 11 year old son love HP too. He can't put those books down!
That is definitely a "proud mama" moment!!
What a GREAT moment!
Gotta love it!!
xoxo
Linda
I absolutely LOVE IT when I find my kids reading without having to tell them! It makes me feel like I've done something right as a parent!
Kimmy
Oh my goodness, that's awesome! What a great photo to have (and scrap)
I hope he enjoyed his reading! That's one of my most favorite things to do.
Kellan,
Just love it.
Steph
oh, that's an awesome sight! A good Harry Potter book will do that to ya! LOL
oh yea! Always nice to catch your kids doing something good instead of trouble :)
That is an EXCELLENT picture, Kellan! What a cutie pie!
Great Picture!!!!! I have a son I wish would stop reading an go outside!!!!
Have a great day!!
I love it when son starts reading like that and forgets to do "boy stuff". BTW, I totally love the shadows in the picture it makes your to cute picture even more interesting.
That's too cool!
I remember being ten when I discovered I enjoyed reading. It was the Caddie Woodlawn series (little house on the praire stuff)
I haven't stopped since.
I remember realizing that first good book was like a movie, but I could put the book down unlike a movie, and pick it back up anytime. That was before fast forward on the VCR I guess : )
Harry Potter rocks! Good choice boy!
That is so cute!! Good for him. I love that my boys enjoy reading as much as I do. And to tackle Harry Potter....that book would be daunting for some adults!
What a proud moment for a mother! Sweet pictures!
That is so awesome! I just love stories like this!
What a fabulously funny story! I think maybe it might be wedding story fodder?
Maybe?
Although he still hasn't hit the teen years. No doubt there will be much more fodder there:-)
What a great kid! So funny!
What a cutie! So awesome. Though I am often yelling at mine to quit reading and go outside or do their chores.
dontcha just love those moments? how sweet.
Kellan,
What a great photo! This was a cute story.
Boys can just be full of surprises! ! !
That is wonderful! Good for Billy! How cute. And good for you for documenting it....just in case it never happens again.
He must have known he was going to read outside when he took the book out there...I wonder if that's where he was planning on reading it. I guess he IS ten. A wooden ramp is probably just as comfy as a lawn chair to him!
Oh wow! That really is great. Good that you caught a shot of him. My son is a toddler and everytime he picks up a book and seemingly study it makes me real happy and excited too.
That's great, Kellan! I tell you, those Harry Potter books have done wonders for kids who don't really like to read. Great stuff, and adorable photos!
*lol* I know EXACTLY how you feel! I felt the same way when Jared (at 10 too) read a book on his own for the first time!
That is so cute that you were able to get a picture- love it
A POGO stick! Hah!
How very, very sweet. Congrats for catching on the camera. And thanks for visiting my blog.
Bwahahaha!! Too funny! And I'm glad you didn't fall out of the window - we would have missed you! ;)
Have a great day!
Yvette
that is great.
Good to let him be
What a sight to behold!
Yay for Harry Potter..
love it, love it!!
what a wonderful mommmy moment :)
That is so cute!!!
This does an author's heart good! (And a mom's too!)
Of course you had to grab your camera -- what a warm and wonderful sight!
Warms your heart, doesn't it? That is a precious shot, btw!
What a great shot! I was surprised to see the book too lOL!
It's the little moments that make life grand. You captured one on film.
WOW. I would have been every bit as astonished as you if I had seen my 10 year old son WILLINGLY reading a book!
This picture will definitely be in your family archives!
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