Friday, March 28, 2008

The Alphabet

Katie is learning the alphabet.  I'd say that she knows just about all the letters on sight.  If she doesn't know the letter, she knows a word that starts with the letter.

It's pretty impressive.  She sees letters everywhere.  For example, today we were at Home Depot and she was shouting out, "M!  H!  O!"

Katie got a foam bathtub alphabet & number set from her Auntie/Uncle C. for Xmas and she loves playing with them.  It started with "C is for Cookie" and took off from there.

Most of the words-for-letters are quite normal.  You've got "Appie" for A, you've got "Boogie" for B.  Then you get to the letter V.

Katie's word for the letter V is "Gyna."  Yes, it's vagina.

But, you see it all works out.  Her word for P is "PeePee".  And in this case it doesn't mean urine, it means penis.

We had a conversation in the bathroom today and it went a little something like this:  

Katie points at me and says, "Mommy Gyna."  

I calmly answer, "Yes.  Mommy has a vagina."

She comes back with, "Katie Gyna."  

I answer, "Yes.  Katie is a girl.  Katie has a vagina too."

She isn't done yet.  She shakes her head no and says, "Daddy Gyna."

I reply, "That's right.  Daddy no vagina.  He's a boy."

"Daddy PeePee!"  She puts on a big smile and walks away.

I am so proud. 

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