Meet Simone

Our daughter loves role playing. Whenever she reads a new book (usually with an awesome female protagonist) we then, at her insistence, become the book characters for a week or two weeks or a month. For our kid, this game NEVER gets old. To David and I, it is the ultimate act of reading comprehension.

Recently our five year old has been devouring the Cam Jansen series by David A. Adler. Cam Jansen and the Mystery of Flight 54 has become a particular favorite thanks to a young French girl named Simone Green who travels to the US by herself. Oh, to be able to fly on your own! This greatly appeals to our independent girl (who lamented on her fifth birthday that she didn’t want to be five: “I just want to be a grown up already!”).

And so Simone’s bags are packed,

plane tickets have been procured (for Simone and Cam’s aunt Molly who’s also on the flight),

passports have been made (never mind that they are for US citizens),

and it’s time to travel.

Bon Voyage!