Thursday, January 15, 2009

Beer and Onion Rings

We have been learning about homophones lately, thanks to the "Between the Lions" video we recently rented. Much as rhyming games were great fun at younger ages, homophones are a good game to play with words. Liam is pretty good at it, and can come up with "red" and "read" as well as a few others. Finn also tries to play, but it is a bit hard for him.

After driving home one day and playing this with great success (Liam can really come up with several, given enough time), I decided that Finn had probably overheard enough, and it was time to show off to Daddy. Finn, I said, can you tell daddy a homophone? And he replied, with great gusto, "Beer!!!". I assume he meant bear, but perhaps he is just very far advanced and knew about the word "bier". Or maybe he just wanted some beer.

Also recently, Matt decided to convince Liam that onions are yummy through the power of onion rings. Liam, very suspicious, asked me what onion rings are. I told him, "They are very yummy things that make you fat." He seemed to accept this, and agreed to try one. After tasting one, he declared happily, "I like onion rings!!" Then he looked down and became a bit disappointed. He thought he would get instantly fat.

Does it make me a bad parent if my kids talk about beer and onion rings? Mmmm . . . .

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