Fancy

For anyone who has never read charlie and lola books, or seen the show, you are missing out. My kids love the show and both have a great British accent. Tad reads the books to Nathalie in an accent, they are reminded of themselves when reading it. Charlie is older and more level headed, and watches lola often. Lola is a bit floufy (yes it is a word.) but funny! Lola doesnt want to go to school for many reasons, and Charlie is convincing her she does. She says she doesnt want to wear a "unee-form." So charlie says, "We dont wear uniforms at our school Lola." Lola runs upstairs and comes back in an aligator suit and Charlie says, "You cant wear that to school lola, aligator suits are for fancy. Stripes are nice for school!"
The kids love this story, and they use the word fancy a lot now. We went out to eat since Frank is leaving tomorrow, and we went to The Olive Garden. Tad leaned over and whispered, "mommy, is this restaurant for fancy?" I said, "Yes, thats why I made you brush your hair."
"OHHH," he says in a knowing voice, nothing but fancy would make mommy worry with anyones hair!
So thats our word now. Since we are selling the house, when potential buyers ask for a carpet or paint allowance, we will say, well fresh carpet with no stains and paint with no gouged walls is for fancy. This isnt a "for fancy" buy. Sorry!