Phonics for Hungry 3-year Olds and Lessons for Young Ladies of Good Taste

Okay, this is one super hard to type post! Instead of typing out the phonetics when they were said, I am just going to have you say the sounds of the letters instead of the actual letter themselves when they are in quotation marks. Example: A says "A" as in apple. B says "B" as in bike.
Here is a practice sentence! When Hank wants a bite of food she says "A" like Apple, not "O" like Octopus... or most people for that matter!

Got the hang of it? Good! Here is the story!

We were sitting at a lonely dinner, just the kids and I, and to make conversation, I picked up a hard-boiled egg and asked Clark "what letter do you think egg starts with?"
Clark: I don't know.
Me: Egg starts with E! E says "e" like egg! Egg is spelled E-G-G. E says "e," G says "g."
"E" -- "G" ... "E" - "G," "E" "G" ... EGG!
Clark: And E says "e" like CLARK-TOMATO!
Me: Laughs. No, Tomato is spelled T-O-M-A-T-O. (sound it out like I did above... you get the idea :))
Clark: How about Banana Chip!
Me: (thinking... do I dare start on blends or do I go through another long word??!?)
"B" "A" "N" "A" "N" "A"...

At this point, HANK starts to join in! I'm still looking at Clark helping him through it, but every time I say "A," she's right there with me! "A!" "A!" "A!"
I looked over to congratulate her on being so-o-o smart, and the poor dear is leaning as far as she can over the table, pointing to more banana chips (her new favorite), begging for more!

So, here is what I learned from the session:

E says "e" as in Clark-tomato

A says "a" as in FEED ME!

That Old Dishwasher!

I've heard it said that if you spend a lot of time with someone, you start to look like them, talk like them, and yes... act like them.

Apparently my mom has spent WAY to much time with her old broken down dishwasher, because she's starting to act just like it. Noisy, splashly, takes forever...

Thankfully she doesn't look like a massive square and sit under the counter sulking about how broken she is all day.

...yet.