When your child learns to read....

So, the other day, we decided to get take out from Chili's. The first thing Ella said was, "I want Mac-n-cheese!" Immediately my brain kicked in and said, "They don't have Mac-n-cheese." End of discussion, no negotiating, nothing. So, Ella went with Daddy to go pick up the food, she came home with her "coloring" page (which includes the kids menu) from the restaurant and her cheeseburger (the girl LOVES her cheese). There was no further mention of mac-n-cheese that night, Thank GOD.

The next morning, Ella was coloring on her coloring page from Chili's. I was eating breakfast, she flips the page over and says to me: "MOM, They DO have Mac-n-Cheese, see right here (ah, wonderful a picture of mac-n-cheese on their kids menu)! You were trying to trick me mom, but you didn't!!!" And so, with that I know she is very capable of environmental print and gets the concept of reading....she's also picking up on our spelling code between daddy and me. As grateful as I am that she is learning to read, I am saddened by the fact that I am going to have to "outsmart" her in different ways....my job just keeps getting tougher! :)