"F" is not for "duck".

This week is "f" week in preschool. The kids in Danielle's class are encouraged to bring things that start with "f" for show and share.

So on Monday morning Danielle asks me if we can go to the pond to get a frog for show and share. The only unusual thing about this request was that she was serious. Never mind that we don't live anywhere near a pond. Or that a live frog would freak her out.

So I had to be totally uncooperative and say "no". How dare I?

Since she couldn't take a real frog from a real pond, she refused to take anything.
Today was the same story.

When I picked her up from school today I asked what she did.
"We went fishing for f-words! Here, I'll show you!"
Danielle then pulls out various pictures with paperclips taped to them so they could fish for for thier f-words with a magnet on a string.

(just a side thought here....how can the preschool teacher even say "f-word" over and over with a straight face?)

Back to the fishing story.....
"Fah-Fah-Football starts with F!" and she catches the picture of the football.
"Fah-Fah-Flag starts with F" and she cathces the picture of the flag.
"Fah-Fah-Duck...nope....duck doesn't start with F" and she flips that picture over...

Except that she didn't say "duck" the first time.

I'm saying this tongue in cheek....but a picture of a duck to throw you off on the "fishing for f-words" game really shouldn't be included in the preschool curriculum.

The f-word week reminds me of driving to Chicago from St. Louis when we took our summer vacation. We stopped in a town called "Effing" to eat and call Fred's brother who lives in Chicago to tell them when we would be arriving. I was so bad and i dared Fred to leave the message and say that it was "1:00 and we were in Effing Illinois"

He wouldn't do it. Fun-hater.