Finished

Ever since the movie for Bridge to Terabithia came out (forever ago!), I've been wanting to read the book to my kids. I remember reading it as a kid--I think it was the first novel we were assigned to read on our own in elementary school, and I remember really loving it. Anyway, I've been waiting until Suzanna was a little older, but I finally decided it was time to get it at the Library. School nights have been busy with little time to read at bedtime--especially when Phil doesn't get home until late since he's commuting to Mesa now, so the kids have even been asking me to get up early so they could read before school. Then last night we had a little time to read. We came to the chapter when Leslie dies, and Brendon and Suzanna begged me to keep reading until the end. They got to bed a little late, and thought their mom was a little crazy when she cried at the end, but we finished! Now they can finally watch the movie (I've been making them wait until we read it). Jonathan has even been listening and tolerating all the time spent on the book--but always asking if we're almost done so we can go get the movie =)