If you don't know what they look like, go ahead and do an image search for echidnas now. It'll save you having to do it later!

We ended up reading four chapters (!) this bedtime. This is the second.

Do you know who Auntie M. is? Because we have some guesses! Actually, we just have one guess, but we guess it often.

A lot of exciting action in this one, and I'm not just talking about the demonstration of musk ox headbutting techniques!

Some technical difficulties in this one! But don't worry, you won't be able to tell where they... *puts finger to earpiece* this just in, you WILL be able to tell where the technical difficulties occur. Apologies in advance!

Do you know how to pronounce Hephaestus? Me neither.

I'm pretty sure he prefers the illustrated editions so he can get spoilers from the pictures.

There's a great two-page illustration of all of the Camp Half-Blood cabins, so we have to stop and examine it regularly as we read.

This chapter includes a map of the camp, which we spent a good chunk of time looking at and discussing. So, sorry in advance to those of you who don't have a big map of the camp to look at. 

This is the last chapter we had to re-read: after this we're back into those first-time-around reactions!