Alphabet Soup

My kids have always been obsessed with letters. They both learned the alphabet very early on and love nothing more than sitting in my lap drawing letters on their Doodlepro. At least Cooper still loves to do that.

It's nothing for us to be somewhere and hear Cooper spelling out whatever's written on a wall, sign, book, tires,etc. He can be easily entertained on a parking lot pointing and calling out letters on tires. While sitting outside a restaurant with Cooper in Gulf Shores last summer, Mom and Mark heard him spouting off some letters.... H-O-O-T... see below if you still haven't figured out what he was spelling. And, no, we weren't actually eating there. It was across the street.

His obsession with letters has gone to a new level lately. For Christmas, he got an easel with a magnetic dry erase board and letters, which he plays with constantly. He gets really excited about his letters... they are not just A, B, C... but are now referred to as "letter A," "letter Z,".... imagine a 2-year old running around shouting this in a very enthusiastic high pitched voice. Last week, he brought me a handful of letters and said, "Alphabet Soup." That came from Ms. Jane, I'm sure....

Car rides are more exciting these days too... Cooper goes bonkers at stop signs shouting, "a shape, an octagon, S-T-O-P." The 5-minute car ride across town from Ms. Mae's to Ms. Jane's every morning is so entertaining because we go through about 5 different signs... I'm hoping this obession with letters and such is a sign that he will be very academic!

Letter Q

Every Friday is "Show and Tell" day at Kamdyn's school. She is supposed to bring something that starts with the letter they have been studying that week. This week's letter is Q and we always have fun coming up with our words each week.

When I mentioned that her cousin Quentin's name started with Q, she said "maybe he can come with me!" Quentin lives in Rogers and wasn't able to make it today, but Aunt Carmella (Carla) emailed this great picture of Q for Kamdyn to take.

I snapped this picture of her and her "Q" before we went inside this morning.