ciroccoj | Well, that was gratifying :) (Reply)

Just read the boys part of Prisoner of Azkaban, the Gryffindor-Slytherin match (they know the movies cut out a lot of what's in the books, and they'd asked whether anything was cut out of Quidditch.) So I'm reading through, having to stop every few minutes as they start asking questions (what's a penalty, why do they need to be fifty points ahead before winning, etc) and then we get to the part where they actually win - and I think the whole street heard them cheering and yelling. They ran around screaming for several minutes before I finally called them back to hear the last two paragraphs of the chapter. It's a good thing we live in a child-friendly neighbourhood.

See, this is the kind of thing that I treasure with my kids. Having them be interested and able to get into stuff even when it's not on TV or on a computer.