Hezekiah, 7, reading Eragon
If you've are a regular reader here, you are well aware of my children's love of the library.
Yesterday at the library I ran into my midwife/naturopath. We got to chatting and I caught her up on Apollo's visit to Children's and his weight gain. At some point during the conversation he coughed.
"Does he have a cold or is that how he normally sounds?" she asked.
"No, he's fine".
"Have they checked out his heart yet? He needs an ecocardiogram."
Now keep in mind, Apollo is a patient of hers and she's up to date on his health struggles (he was just in to see her last month).
His doctor thinks he needs a bronchoscopy, his naturopath thinks he needs a bronchoscopy and ecocardiogram…I can only hope that the pulmonologist looks at his weight gain and says, "great, let's do that brochoscopy now!" instead of "great, let's see how he is in another 3 months!"
*sigh*
And since we're on the topic of the library, Tilly came home last week and told me that while they were there picking up holds with Chuck, she observed this exchange:
A couple girls and there mome were at the library and the mom was ready to leave, but one of the girl's said something about wanting to get a book…to which the mom replied, "Why do you need a book? We've got a whole stack of videos!" Apparently the girl was rather tenacious though, as she argued until her mom finally said, "fine, just go get the blankety-blank book".
Why am I sharing that with you? Um, cause I was amused by the irony.
And here's some irony about books I wasn't so amused by…when I was in Mordecai's classroom the other day I told his teacher that he had been reading to me from Fox in Socks. I let her know how very impressed I was…after all, he's only been in school for, what, three weeks? And I think teachers are often undervalued and I wanted her to how much I appreciated her work with him.
She smiled politely until I was finished and then said, "Yes…and did you know he actually came to us with those skills?"
*sigh*
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My 8yo loves the Eragon series. He is just finishing Brisingr now and can’t wait for the next book to come out.
Melissa
I saw something similar at the library here yesterday. The mom had two books but the son, who was 10-12, had a stack of 12 movies that can only be checked out for a week. The whole time they were at the counter, Mom was complaining about his grades in school.. Talk about leaving a terrible taste in your mouth.
I LOVE the Inheritance Cycle! Eragon is my favorite book of the series
is Hezekiah enjoying it? Have your other children read it? Have they read the other books in the series, Eldest and Brisingr? The fourth and final book (Inheritance) comes out November 8.
I know your family likes to watch movies of books you’ve read, but I do not recommend the Eragon film AT ALL. It did not follow the plot very well, there are multiple main characters missing, characters killed off when they shouldn’t be, characters killed by the wrong people in the wrong town, etc.
If you guys are interested in more information about the books, go to http://www.Shur‘tugal.com it is the official fan site for the Inheritance Cycle. Shur’tugal is also running a 20 episode podcast series (available on iTunes) that is going through all 3 books (and the fourth when it is released) chapter by chapter. It is up to episode 14 and is really interesting, it gives great insight into how books are made and fans can email in their thoughts about the books and theories about book four. They are 100% safe (no swearing or inappropriate topics) so are safe for the whole family
If you can’t tell already, the Inheritance Cycle is my favorite set of books (other than my Bible)
Sorry to say, my vote for today was not accepted. Although I seldom respond, I continue to enjoy your blog.
Ann
My nephew had many of the same symptoms as your Apollo. He even had RSV and spent several days in the Children’s Hospital ICU and it wasn’t until several days there he finally had an echo which showed he had a rare heart defect. This was even a teaching hospital (Doernbecher), so it wasn’t something a doctor could just hear by stethoscope. He had been to lots of doctors too for various illnesses (similar to Apollo). Just FYI in case your mommy heart is telling you to have the echo done.
Emily,
I havent read them, but my older children have read and enjoyed them all!
I’m sorry, but I do find the irony of that conversation between you and Mordecai’s teacher amusing.