Proud Mama

The other night while I was away, being tortured at "Body Boot Camp" (some insane idea care of one of my typically sweet neighbors), EJ had this interaction with Roo. I was lucky enough to catch the tail end of this transaction (which was mainly hysterical laughter).

Roo: "Dad, how do you spell we?"

EJ: (assuming that he is talking about the game system) "Well, you spell it W-I-I or you can spell it W-E depending on what your saying."

Roo then disappeared into his room. For a while. In the meantime, EJ is reading with G-man in preparation for bed. Eventually, Roo reappears with a notebook in hand containing the above phonetically spelled words. I must say that we are loving Kindergarten and the fact that Roo is figuring out sounds it is a wonderful thing to watch, especially since he is actually interested in trying to spell out words (unlike his brother, no offense G-man).

At this point I will remind you of Roo's scrappiness which we love but can also lead to unpredictable behavior. So imagine the scene as Roo presented his hard work to his dad and his brother. Needless to say, it didn't take long for G-man to figure out what Roo had been working so hard to spell and knowing him like he does, EJ wasn't far behind. Within seconds they had erupted into laughter, Roo to the point that he was on the floor. This is about where I entered the scene and was quickly enlightened to the "homework" my sweet 5 year old had completed. I'm sorry to say that I couldn't contain my giggles either and so the beat goes on and we feed the fire of our potty mouthed child.

BTW, you've hopefully decoded his phonetic spelling by now...feel free to take a guess. Maybe I'll let you know if you're right.