Reading

Owen is reading great guns these days.  It is pretty exciting to see him take off.  He wants to read before falling asleep each night and I think it actually helps him settle down and get sleepy.  SCORE!  (He has an inordinate amount of trouble getting to sleep at night.)  Anyway, with his increasing ability comes a disproportionately increasing ego about it!!  Oh how often I hear about what level he is on vs. what level so-and-so is on, and I gently remind him that he was one of the slower readers in his class last year, and to remember how others feel if we say things to compare against each other.  :}  So today, there was this conversation...
[Looking at the back of a book] "Mom, I'm a level 5 reader." Me: Well, that says level 5 is chapter books and I don't think you like to read those yet...the ones with all writing and no pictures, you know? Owen: "I do like to read chapter books. I just like the ones without as much writing that have lots of colorful pictures."