Another relatively light day. We did some school work and other necessary odds and ends. Alec is willing to read to Mika every now and then, which we think is awesome. He's been very excited to begin reading C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, as he received several of the books from my folks for his birthday. Gena talked him into reading to Mika by allowing him to begin The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, even though he's not quite finished reading Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
Here's an interesting aside. We learned for the first time that there's a bit of a disagreement among literary scholars as to which book is properly the first book of The Chronicles of Narnia series. I encountered the books as a child with the first book being The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Alec's books start with The Magician's Nephew as the first book. I tend to side with those who disagree with this ordering, however, so Alec is starting with TLTWTW.
We met up with Lily again today for a brief hike. The kids had a blast - particularly in throwing rocks into the various stream crossings we encountered. Note to selves - if we want to inculcate a love of hiking in our kids, we just need to ensure that every hike involves water in some way and lots and lots of rocks.
I am so glad we started with The Magician's nephew...it tells how Narnia was formed and how the Wardrobe came about. So whether it was written before or after TLTWTW, it is meant to have happened before it....
ReplyDeletemissa
Good to hear from someone on the other side of the issue! The link I provide to a synopsis of the differing opinions helped me feel comfortable with going with the order Lewis wrote the books rather than the order the books take place in. But it's good that your reading order is just as satisfying for you!
ReplyDeleteI was so happy to see your last blog entry about the boys' culture results. Praise God!
yeah...i think it would be fun to read it either way...your kids "shouldn't" be scarred for life by not reading it my way:)
ReplyDeleteThey shouldn't be.
ReplyDeleteBut they might be ;-)