This is apparently what nerds talk about at the breakfast table with their children...
Ben (talking about the Backyardigans): Pablo starts with P. Tyrone starts with T. Austin starts with...
Me: That one's tricky. Austin starts with au. It's called a digraph.
Ben: What's a digraph?
Me: Two letters that work together to make a sound. Like th and ch and au.
Ben: What about ab?
Me: Not exactly.
Ben: Can we watch Soccer Monster?
Me: Sure.
I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. ~Henry David Thoreau
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In otherwords, Ben cannot fully appreciate his English-teacher-mom. But I can....because I learned something new this morning!
Love, Auntie Sue
I love this! I read this blog and just crack up at Ben's conversations with you, Daddy, everyone! Sets my day as "beautiful" !
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