Claire is quite officially reading now, perhaps thanks mostly to Leapfrog DVDs and Scholastic BOB books. Every evening as we sit and pore over books together (my English-teacher and mommy heart rejoice as one), Adam grows more and more interested in what we’re doing. Though “historically” Adam has enjoyed monkeying all over the bunkbeds more than storytime each evening, suddenly he’s showing great interest as Claire makes sense and stories of these not-so-mysterious-anymore letters. He’s almost four and really bright, so I thought, “Hey, let’s give this a shot.” And so ensued the following conversation in song (for any mom out there who knows Tad as well, you know this drill):
Mom: “The M says…”
Adam: “mmmm”
Mom: “The A says…”
Adam: “aaaa”
Mom: “The P says…”
Adam: “pppp”
Mom: “mmmm-aaaaa-pppp, mmmm-aaaaa-pppp, mmmm-aaaaa-pppp [faster], mmmm-aaaaa-pppp…”
Adam: “FROG!!!!”
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