Conversation as LightBoy studied for a Latin test this afternoon …

“Mom! Look! Isn’t this funny?” Pause for him to bring his textbook and show it to me.

“See here … nimbus, it means cloud. Don’t you think that’s funny? You know … cause Harry’s broomstick was the Nimbus 2000.”

Me (trying to keep a straight face and absorb all of this earnestness), “No, I don’t think it’s funny at all. But I do think it’s pretty cool.”

We high five.

Me – “So what does the name Nimbus 2000 tell you about the author of Harry Potter?”

LB – “Well … she knows Latin. I can tell that because all the spells are in Latin too.”

Me – “And what does the name tell you about Harry’s broomstick? Does it tell you anything special about it?”

LB – “OH! That it can go high up into the clouds. And Harry needed that A LOT!!!”

And he was off weaving spells and flying on his own broomstick.

Terrible … that Harry Potter. Teaching my children that Latin is fun.