M-O-V-I-E

We were having one of those nights when The Routine had gone to pot. Instead of sticking to the normal bedtime, R and I were trying to decide how to occupy Zora and Will.

"Should we do a m-o-v-i-e?" Rodney spelled.

"A movie?" Zora squealed. "Moo-oo-vee," she sounded out, demonstrating the power of phonics much to our amazement. Could our three-year-old really spell?!

She proceeded to turn over her hands and show us her palms. "See! Nothing in my hands!"

Now we're going to have to spell in different languages. Sigh.