Like everything lately, Connor was in a hurry to leave last night for our "Book Club for Boys" meeting. Unfortunately for him, a storm was rolling in about the time we needed to leave. We opted to wait it out for a little bit, much to his displeasure. But we were treated with this amazing view on our drive out into the country, where his friend who was hosting lives.
Last night's theme was children's literary classics. Our host had three books picked out, but we only managed to get through two of them. Little boys tend to have short attention spans, especially around other little boys and the need to play with all those new toys in an unfamiliar house!
Our first book was The Gingerbread Man, which I hadn't read in ages and I'm pretty sure Connor had never read before. It went over extremely well, especially since it ended with our snack of the evening - homemade gingerbread cookies topped with sugar!
The second book was The Three Billy Goats Gruff which we had checked out recently from the library. I read it to the twins a few times, but Connor missed out because it was while he was away at the beach with Grandma and Grandpa. So this one was new to him, too. At the end, the host handed out little hand-held masks for each of the boys so we could recreate the story. One got to be the mean, old troll. The other three boys were the Billy Goats Gruff trying to pass him on the bridge. Two out of four played their part well. The other two, Connor included, were too bashful to play.
And after that the boys went upstairs to play while the mothers had a chance to plan some of the next meetings and to just talk. Connor and I love going to these meetings - they're educational and fun. And a tasty treat is usually involved, too, though I missed out on my part of that last night. You see, the host sent some of the extra cookies home with us at the end of the night, and Connor offered to hold ours while we drove. Guess who ate both of the cookies on the way home.
"You can have a different one later," he told me, already munching on my gingerbread man.
I probably should have seen that coming, huh?