Mom's Notes: We had no big field trip plans today and the kids have been wanting to read so many more chapters than we've been able to this week. So we settled ourselves comfortably on the downstairs sectional couch and read to our communal heart's content! (We've been reading down there because Clay is much calmer where there are no front windows with an endless stream of things to bark at! We're working on that...) We just kept reading and reading. Even the buddies never lost interest. Almost three hours later, Anne and Gilbert were
finally betrothed! We were a little impatient and had to wade through some side stories to get there, but no one wanted to give up until what we knew Anne would eventually realize truly materialized. With Montgomery's poetic sensory descriptions, we were right there in the parlor of Patty's Place with Anne and her school chums, then easily home at Green Gables for the summers and holidays. I wished to be in all the beautiful places in nature she spends her time dreaming. Maybe someday we'll make it there! Just maybe... (With each book, my P.E.I. travel dreams grow.)
P.S. Unfortunately, Mary Sarah doesn't narrate any more books in the series. So I purchased a box set and have taken up my job again. I have borrowed some of Sarah's inflection and way of saying certain phrases that we've grown to love. (One of those is Davy's "I want to know," which Daniel has adopted as well. And Mrs. Lynde's "That's what" is another common phrase in our home.)
