Sunday, June 3, 2012

afternoon delight

No, not that kind. 

Princess Firecracker (side note: holy cannoli, is she living up to her nickname these days!) can identify all the letters of the alphabet, both capital and lowercase, and even knows the sound most of them make.  However, she remains a little sketchy on the song. 

Princess Firecracker {singing}:  ABCDEFG...HIJK...MMMuhP...
Mom/Me {highly amused}:  Oh, how about LMNOP? 
P.F.:  No! No! I can sing it! ABCDEFGHIJKMMMuhP...QRS...TUW...(long pause)...now I know my ABCs...
Me:  But what about V?  It's TUV.  Then WXY&Z. 
P.F.:  No! I know it!  I can sing it by myself!  ABCDEFG, HIJKMMMuhP, QRX...
Me {interrupting gently}: No, sweetie, QRS. Not X. S.
P.F.:  No, no, no! (starting over) ABCD...

Repeat ad nauseum with P.F. starting the song over every single time I interjected with a prompt.  I should add that she wasn't actually yelling at me; it's quite possible that she enjoyed our interaction, and I wouldn't put it past her to be getting it wrong on purpose. 

Me {finally joining in quietly at the end}:  TUVWXY&Z, now I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with me?  Except you don't really want anyone singing with you, do you? 
P.F. {grinning}:  NOPE!

And the singing continued, at least eleven more choruses, and at some point she may have successfully included poor letter V.  I don't really know.  I pretty much stopped paying attention by that point.  I'm learning that full, rapt attention, while ideal, is not always a prerequisite for suitable enjoyment of one's child. 

Overheard hours later, from P.F.:  ...QRSTUV [skipping WXY&Z entirely], now I know my ABCs...

Well, honey, you do.  Just not the song. 

4 comments:

Rita and John said...

Ha ha! I love it! Hey, as long as she knows her letters, the song is just icing, right?

Krissy said...

She is gonna live up to every letter in her abc long nickname!

Melanie said...

Or maybe she just likes the song better her way. :-)

M. said...

Get it on video! How hysterical!! Whoever said being a SAHM was boring??!!