Samantha has picked up a new habit. This is actually a good one that we can all endorse and stand behind. She likes to read the newspaper. We'll be having breakfast at the table in the morning and Sam will grab a section of the paper and look at it like she is reading it. It is really cute.
If she is done eating her cereal or pancakes and not done with the newspaper, she'll take it to the ottoman or couch and finish "reading" it.
So far she doesn't have a preference with which section she reads. One morning after about 10 minutes of staring at the paper, she put it down on the table and said with a heavy, exasperated sigh, "I can't read" and gave a very big pouty face. She truly looked sad at her revelation.
We always thought that Ian was going to be "the smart one", but signs are now pointing to Sam giving him some stiff competition.
Her "I can't read" lament is funny and reminds me of my oldest nephew (who's now 12). When he started 1st grade, he was VERY excited to learn to read.
ReplyDeleteHe came home very upset after the first day of school, b/c he STILL didn't know how to read. Poor thing!!