Fancy Nancy

Cover of Fancy Nancy

My youngest isn’t a bookworm like my oldest.  She reads but we struggle to find things that hold her interest.  A couple of years ago, I heard an interview on NPR about the Fancy Nancy books.  I thought that these sounded right up my youngest child's isle.  On Tuesday evening, we go every Tuesday, we went to the library and I grabbed a couple of the books. 

She didn’t want to read them.  She said they looked stupid and that the words were too easy and that she new what the big words meant.  I forced her to read it out loud to me and she finally did.  She started off reading it very sarcastically.  She finally cooled down and read it right.  We went over the list of words at the end and she stated that she knew them all except for merci.  We practiced that one and it was fun. 

I sent her to put the book away and she comes back with the second Fancy Nancy book.  She then says, I want to read this one to see if I hate it too.  Score one for Dad.  Actually I am pretty good at reading my kids and I don’t think I have suggested something that they ended up not liking yet.  I love that she wouldn’t admit that I was right.  She is just like her mom. 

Kids say the darndest things

I hadn't been to my friend’s house in quite a few months and hence my children had not been there either.  We were at his house to watch the superbowl.  We walked in and I take my contribution of snacks into the kitchen.  Ashli walks into the formal living room and exclaims, "Wow, it looks different in here!"  I walk in and look around with my friend and I ask him what he changed.  He isn't sure what she is talking about either.  We both turn to my daughter and ask her what has changed.  She looks right at us and says, "it is clean!"  I don't know whose face was more red, my friend's or mine. Maybe I shouldn't use exaggerated surprise when my daughter cleans her room either.

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