C-H-A-R-L-I-E (#596)
06 February 2007
"See, aych, ay, are, ell, eye, ee!"
"What does it spell?" I asked.
Charlie fixed his eyes on the seven red capital letters on the cover of this book.
Pause.
"Chah-lee!" With a smile and a twist to his shoulders that I'll have to call bashful.
I waited a few minutes; Jim came home. Charlie was still looking at the book cover with the furry beige caterpillar.
""See, aych, ay, are, ell, eye, ee!" said Charlie. Pause. "Chah-lee!"
Later, I said to Jim, "I think he read a word from a book for the first time ever......"
Pause.
"What a guy," said Jim.
Charlie took the book, held tightly in his right hand, to bed.
Good for Charlie. Here's to the many more words that he will no doubt read. It will be cool for you to find out what his favorite books are in the future.
Posted by: Clay | 07 February 2007 at 05:29
What a coincidence! "See, aych, ay, are, ell, eye, ee" is one of MY favorite words to read, too!
Posted by: mom-nos | 07 February 2007 at 06:08
Way to go, Charlie!! :)
Posted by: Lisa/Jedi | 07 February 2007 at 06:27
Oh wow...hurray for Charlie!
Posted by: mumkeepingsane | 07 February 2007 at 10:01
I have goosebumps!!!!!
Posted by: Laura Cottington | 07 February 2007 at 13:38
You know he's proud of himself.
And we are, too.
Hurray for Charlie, and his whole team!
Posted by: Club 166 | 07 February 2007 at 14:30
Horray! All downhill from now on! It's shattering when it happens, because there's such a mismatch between the possible, probables and whens. Cheers
Posted by: mcewen | 07 February 2007 at 19:05
YAY CHARLIE!
Rock on kiddo! First it's one word, then 5, then 15....and so many doors open...
Even if it stays 5-15, that's a lot better than zero.
And...one's name is sure an important word to recognize...
Posted by: Kassiane | 07 February 2007 at 20:48
Yay!
Posted by: Julia | 09 February 2007 at 20:01
Charlie, you are something special!!!!
Posted by: gretchen | 13 February 2007 at 06:10