There was a time when I thought Xander's fascination with letters and spelling was cute. Who wouldn't? I mean how many three-year olds do you know that walk around saying the alphabet and spelling random words (perfectly, mind you)?
And it's still cute. And amazing, really. The kid knows his alphabet backward and forward. If you stop singing the alphabet song, he will cue you with the next letter or phrase. He can tell you what sound each and every letter makes. And he can spell probably a hundred or more simple words (think three to seven letters) and even say that word to you after he spells it.
But there comes a point in every day when the cuteness wears off. And you get really, really tired of saying letters and spelling words. Because it's all he wants to do. All day. Every day. From the minute he wakes up (after the "Hi! How are you? Good!" script) to the minute he goes to bed.
Oh, and his favorite bed time book right now? That would be The ABCs of Cookies - a little Sesame Street early reader he got from Grammy for his birthday. And yes, it has a big letter on every page that somehow relates to the process of making cookies. We go through it at least twice every night before bed time.
Did I mention obsessed?
