Another Alexanderism

Today, Alexander wiggled in between Michiel and I while we were hugging and said, "Mama and Papa, you have had your beautiful talk long enough."

Making Words

We have these letters of the alphabet refrigerator magnets, and lately Alexander has been asking me to spell all sorts of words for him. We'll often start with one word - "oat" - then try to make other words that rhyme with it. Alexander will add a new letter to make a new word - "boat," "coat," "goat."

The other day, he looked at the letters and said, "Let's spell 'Leo.'" (Leo is the younger brother of one of his classmates.)

He grabbed the L, then said, "ee, ee, ee," grabbed the E, then said, "oh, oh, oh," and tacked on an O as if he spells words all the time.

I was pretty surprised. I had no idea he could do this.

Next, he wanted to spell 'boat.' He got the B and the O easily, but needed help with the A (and probably didn't fully understand why it needed to be there.) He plucked up a T for the "t-t-t" sound to finish off the word.

'Box' was his next word. The O gave him a bit of trouble, since he was only thinking of the long O sound. And even though he called it a Z, he knew the X made the "ks" sound (not that he can say it yet...maybe that's why he called it a Z.)

After that he said, "I'm done with this now," and that was that.

Cafe Alexander

So, my son makes coffee for me sometimes. And this is no ordinary coffee. This is strong, french-pressed coffee with heated and frothed milk. This is practically a latte!

I got the idea for having him make me coffee when I visited his school for an observation and one of the students served me a little cup of coffee on a tray with a tiny pitcher of cream and a spoon to stir. Later, when I asked Alexander if he ever made coffee for visitors, he told me that Teacher Teri hadn't shown him how to do that yet.

Well, I thought, I can teach him how to make coffee. So, I did.

He's quite proud of the coffee he makes for me, and it's just as good as when I make it for myself.

Yup. I'm a lucky mama.