Fiona Fridays 3
Recently, Fiona asked for her own library card. Since she can write her name (my requirement, I think the library system here just requires that you live or work here) we went ahead and did it. Up to this point, we’ve been checking out whatever books she wants, and occasionally a movie. But for the past few weeks she’s been wanting to check out these W.I.T.C.H. books, and they’re driving me crazy. I don’t have a problem with them on their own. It’s a fantasy series by various authors and the writing is not going to win any awards anytime soon, but I don’t have any real problems with that (See Jim Trelease’s argument for reasons to let your child read serials). What is driving me crazy is that she’s not actually interested in reading them. We do the comic at the beginning, a few more pages, and she’s done. I suppose I should just stop making a big deal about it, but she wants to check out the whole collection and I’m afraid we’ll loose one or keep some other kid from reading them. There’s a set of graphic novels as well, so I’m trying to find those as an alternative.
I find it hilarious that Fiona sometimes calls ketchup “sausage”.
A few times lately we’ve sat and read from longer books while I knit and she strings beads. I’m looking for more activities like that I can offer her, as she can sit still, but like me she likes to have something to do with her hands. I might try setting up a version of kid friendly embroidery. I saw a tutorial somewhere with that orange plastic packaging material, and it seems like the bags our oranges come in would work well.
Fiona’s names for imaginary people and animals are fascinating to me. Yesterday she was the girl “WateRRR” and I was the boy “YebwateRRR” (You have to really hit the last RRR). She’s also used “Rainey” (which is actually the name of a favorite author) and some that are entirely made up and too difficult to spell. Also, whenever she sees a book or a game or something she will say “Train Game by Andrew Lewis” sometimes with made-up names (like that one) and sometimes with names from other books.