Treebeard

Now here’s a good guy that Mr. Boy seems to like after so many Orcs, the hard slog through the Mines of Moria, and the loss of Gandalf. Treebeard is the old hoom-boom fellow Tolkien dreams up to send the story off on a twisty turn, giving the reader hope that the evil which Frodo and Sam are walking into can eventually be defeated.

A good way to spend an hour, reading aloud, post-camp, as we push on through the last vacation days until school starts next week. Mr. B. and Mom are off to Houston on Friday to visit friends. The day after we find out the name of his new teacher and, possibly, the list of classmates. Wondering how many from kindergarten will be with him for first grade, hoping it’s the ones we like instead of the ones we’re less sure about.