Audio*

Voldermort and I end up spending a chunk of time in the car together. In order to keep from losing my damn mind from the whining about the lack of ipad and insane noises and weird body movements my kid does while bored, we listen to audiobooks.

I particularly enjoy listening to classics I loved as a kid, especially those with a movie that has been made.

We started with Chris Colfer’s The Land of Stories series, and after listening to all of the books in the series TWICE, I insisted we move on. Because brain cells are important! And because as much as I like Chris Colfer as an actor, I frequently want to set that series on fire from irritation.

From there, we’ve dabbled in Percy Jackson – although we are stalled on that until the library alerts overdrive that it’s finally read to be checked out. Voldemort was so excited when I said I knew there were two movies that had been made. They talked and talked and talked to me about how the monsters were going to dissolve into mist, and they wanted to see what Grover and Tyson looked like, and when do we get to meet Thalia?**

Just for fun after that, I downloaded Matilda. THIS KID LOVED IT. Tonight, we watched the movie. Voldemort was running back and forth in excitment, and scolding the film when it got things out of order.

Right now, we’re listening to The Secret Garden. Mary just found the key.

(We haven’t yet called my sisters and sang “A Bit of Earth,” but it’s only a matter of time.)

I know there is at least one movie where Colin and Mary aren’t cousins? And there is hints of a love story when they’re older? Obviously, that is blasphemy, as Mary/Dicken OTP FOREVER. I can’t find the movie I am looking for though – where instead of everybody dying of cholera, there was an earthquake at the beginning.

Next, maybe we’ll swing back to Roald Dahl and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Just because I need to watch Willy Wonka.

*I erased the title twice, convinced I had typed “aubio” instead.
**They don’t dissolve in the movies, Grover’s pretty cool, I didn’t see the second one, and I’m betting they ignored Thalia