b is for bragging

Button Baby continues to freak me out with her, her …. ways. She is 19 months old now and knows “The Alphabet Song.”

Um, okaaay.

I figured she just knew it as a catchy li’l ditty to sing along with — I mean, it really IS the catchiest of li’l ditties. And helpful — yes, helpful, because, well, you never know when you might get clogged up around L M N O P. I mean, for example.

But you have to know what you’re looking for. You have to know “The Alphabet Song” is not JUST sounds in order to use “The Alphabet Song,” right?

I mean, just because I sang “A B C D E F G” and then paused and then Button came in with “H I J K L,” etc. well, it doesn’t necessarily mean anything. Maybe she just knows and likes the sound, the TUNE.

So I had to test her. Enter Alphabet Crackers, a most delicious and educational snack.

Okay, Button. We’ll see. We’llll seeee, I thought.

She toddles into the kitchen right on my heels.

“Cackers, Tee Tee, CACKERS!”

“How do you ask, Button?”

“PEEEAZZE!!” She chirps it loud and staccato.

“Thaaat’s it!”

I grab a cracker from the jar. It is an S. Time for my little test.

“Button, what’s this letter?” I ask nonchalantly.

“S!!” she crows.

Wow.

“Right! And S sounds like?”

I just throw that out there because there is NO wa —

“Ssssss!”
she happily hisses, smiling at me.

I just stare at her. Dig into the jar. Hold up another one.

“B!!”

“Right! And the B goes?”

“Buh Buh Buh!”

Next one.

“H!!”

“Good! And the H goes?”

“Ha Ha Ha!” she puffs.

And then she just bursts into giggles of delight at herself. That’s the best part.

Well, that, and getting to nosh Alphabet Crackers. They really ARE tasty and so what if I ate too many of them? I swear I reviewed them all before I ate them.

Oh, and it turns out, Button knows the names and sounds of 15 letters so far.

Next stop — Tee Tee’s TAXES!

With her around, I may never have to think again.

4 Replies to “b is for bragging”

  1. “My master pwan is awmost compwete! Soon I wiww invade the gwonups bwains and seize absowute contwow!!!! And then… AWPHABET CWACKERS FOW AWWWW DEE BABEEEZ!”

    Yeah, that’s freaky. Sweet baby, I’ve no doubt. Freaky nonetheless.

    Does she do financial consulting as well? I have a slot open on Friday afternoon…

  2. I remember infuriating my daughter by mixing up the alphabet song, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, and “Baa Baa Black Sheep”. Like this: “A, B, C, D, have you any wool?” or “Twinkle, Twinkle, E, F, G”. She would get so mad. “NO THAT’S NOT HOW IT GOES!” I should probably have been jailed for that.

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