This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Family Conversations, Part 4
May
6
2009
Here are some more conversations that the children had recently:
Spelling Lesson
The 5-year-old like to read, and if he encounters a word he doesn’t know, he spells it for us and asks us what that spells. The 3-year-old wants to be like his brother, so even though he is not reading anything, he will starts spelling whatever letters come to mind and ask what that spells.
One evening at dinner, I heard “What does S-O-I-S-A spell?”
He was just making up letters as he went along. Normally I oblige and try to pronounce whatever he spells, but this time I just replied “I don’t know”
To which the 3-year-old responded, to his brother, “That word is too hard for him.”
Boys-Only
3-year-old, acting playfully distraught: “Ahhh! I said a girl word! Ahhh! Ahhh!“, accompanied by great arm-waving.
Their mother, after exchanging quizzical looks with me: “What’s a girl word?”
5-year-old, helping us understand his perspective: “He said ‘Beautiful’.”
nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you;
Ezekiel 3:6
