Monday, June 1, 2009

The dangers of a reading child

Cate and Colleen were in Creative Kids Stuff earlier this afternoon, and they had some books on sale. So, naturally, Colleen wanted one.

"No, Colleen," Cate said, as she relates the story. "It's a workbook."

The workbooks are basically homework exercises. Elizabeth and Robert have been through many a workbook in the past few years.

"But Mom," Collen said, "it says 'preschool' on it and I'm going into preschool next year."

Next thing you know, she'll know how to spell, too, and we'll have to change how we talk around her even more.

2 comments:

Ryan said...

Pig Latin.

"Extnay ingthay ouyay owknay, e'llshay owknay owhay otay ellspay
, ootay, andway e'llway avehay otay angechay owhay eway alktay
aroundway erhay evenway oremay."

Can't be harder to learn than, say, Russian. :)

Alicia Coleman said...

Colleen explained to me how many e's are in her name, how many are in Elizabeth's name, and how many are in Amelia's name (using the decorative AMELIA hanging in the nursery for this last task).