She brought the little table to the sidewalk, along with a chair for herself, a notepad, a pencil and some water, and proceeded to flag people down. This mostly shy, quiet 5 year old suddenly morphed into a self-assured, poised reporter.
"My name is Delaney. I am a reporter. Do you have any interesting stories from your day for me?"
She had several neighbors wave and smile, and one stopped to share a story about her son. I love nice people who take the time to make my girl's day.
Our street is rather quiet, so I suggested that we walk around the neighborhood, and she could talk to people that she saw outside. She met a neighbor who is having her front yard landscaped. The neighbor shared that she has a bathroom in her front yard right now, which Delaney thought was definitely report-worthy.
As Delaney left, the neighbor added that being interviewed by Delaney was the most interesting thing to happen to her, even more so than the port-a-potty. :)
Cullen happened to pass us while Delaney canvassed the neighborhood, so we hitched a ride and went home, my reporter feeling successful and ready to review her notes.
I think she has an exciting journalism career ahead of her.
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I absolutely loved reading "Ace Reporter". Delaney does so well and has such an imagination. I was really impressed by her spelling for her age, but I shouldn't have been. She excels in just about anything she tries. She can't possibly get any prettier, and yet every pic I see of her, she is just beautiful. And little Sis is coming up right behind her. I sure love those girls. By the way, the comments she caught and put on paper was just fantastic. I love that they play while they learn.
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