It's all Jen's fault, but Emma is convinced the spy life is for her. It started by watching Chuck, and becoming enamored with Sarah. Then she was introduced to the Gallagher Girls books by a friend at school. Desperate for more spy books once she finished those, we trolled the internets and found The Specialists and The Squad. She's loving them all.
She found a compatriot in her class, a classmate she's only gotten to know this year. Add in another friend willing to play, and I have three 11-year old girls running around outside with an iPod camera, mirrors for looking around corners, and small binoculars for looking in windows. (We live out in the boonies, so they're only peeking into our windows, luckily.)
Rob decided to spend the day building a wall in the basement, and has been back and forth from the barn, with wooden planks, measuring tapes, and saws. The girls are having a grand time keeping an eye on him and sometimes sneaking off to play hide and seek. They've created elaborate plans for excuses to be in the basement momentarily, to plant the iPod and then retrieve it. There's plenty of whispering and giggling, and luckily lots of sunshine outside.
Add in triple-chocolate donuts and it is a grand day. Now, I have to click publish and close this page so they don't read it over my shoulder while pretending to do something innocent behind me.
Add in triple-chocolate donuts and it is a grand day. Now, I have to click publish and close this page so they don't read it over my shoulder while pretending to do something innocent behind me.
It sounds like your daughter is using all the high-tech spy stuff (iPod! binoculars!) to her advantage. Look out!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter also sometimes gets obsessed with the spying life. Lately she wants to watch episodes of Hercule Poirot mysteries.
Spy girls are AWESOME! Other important gear: Magnifying glasses, invisible ink, and disguise kits.
ReplyDeleteMy girls LOVE the Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie mysteries too, so those might be good for your girl.
I'd recommend Veronica Mars to you, but I think you'll want to vet the first few episodes yourself first. My girls love it, but we had to stop a few times every episode and have 30-60 second explanatory talks about stuff. And, we're on hold between the 2nd and final episodes because I want to take a break on some of those hot topics.
I can recommend the TV show "Leverage" and the movie "The Italian Job." (More heist-themed than spy girl stuff, but my girls adore them and have learned lots.)
P.S. In DC there's an amazing museum known as the International Spy Museum. You know, just in case you ever come east....
ReplyDeleteYay for spying girls and cool gadgets!
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