My oldest child is learning to read, and while I should be celebrating this, I am not. I just spelled a naughty word to a friend on the phone, and she sounded it out. When she said it out loud, she looked at me questioningly, as though she had never heard it before. I felt a small, very, very small, victory at that moment that her virgin ears hadn't heard that expletive.
Then I felt very deflated that life is changing.....the life with a juvenile reader. They can sound out enough stuff to cause trouble, yet they read at a snail's pace, which makes reading together torturous. I know this phase will pass.
And......that.....is.....the.....only.....thing.....keeping.....me.....going.......
ben had fun sounding out f-u-c-k at urban outfitters. do not take your kids to urban outfitter's 'gift section'. laura will just learn more and more and more...
ReplyDeleteHA!! Okay, so now I WANT to take Aves to UO just to see what happens! Ah, yes, yesterday I spelled S-E-X in front of my almost 11 year-old. He rolled his eyes annoyingly and said, "Mom, I can spell now AND I know what sex is." Ahh..innocence lost. :)
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