Smart Cookies

I have some good readers in this house. These two boys really surprised me one week this summer. We are homeschooling and our curriculum is literature based so we are constantly reading. Well I took the boys to the library to pick out some picture books, just for some lighter reading. What do they do? They both insisted that they wanted to pick out their own chapter books to read. Doesn't matter that I am reading two at the time TO them. No, they want to read a chapter book to themselves. So I told them, "that's fine, but mommy just doesn't have time to read it to you. So if you get it you have to read it to yourself." Apparently that isn't a problem. They both read their first chapter book BY THEMSELVES in a week and half's time.
Noah read Night of the Ninjas, a magic treehouse book, and Gabriel read the first book out of the Hardy Boys series. WOW was I impressed, but more impressive is the fact that they didn't stop. They are both continuing to read books on their own time. Gabriel is on his 5th chapter book of the summer and Noah is on his 3rd. Can I remind you that Noah is going into 1st grade and Gabriel into 2nd!! A mom just can't help but brag sometimes, my boys are just so stinkin' smart!