We hate to tempt fate but has Joey finally turned that elusive corner with his reading?  He has stepped up to a new level of reading books (still pretty simple and easy for most 8 yr olds) and Anne reports that he not only sits down to read them without fuss but can get through them with much less help than in the past.  No counting chickens or holding breath but maybe, just maybe, he has made a breakthrough.  He still has a lot of catching up to do but there is now light at the end of that tunnel.  Let's hope it is not an oncoming train.