Freudian Slip

During bath time over foam letters, I made the random discovery that Cate had learned to identify the letters Y and X. I really have no idea how she learned this. Unfortunately, she is suffering from a case of "second child syndrome." When Wesley was her age, we were hitting the shape sorter hard and every experience was an opportunity for learning. Cate still calls most colors green. Conversely, she has the added benefit of having an older brother (and a smart one, at that). Perhaps that is how she acquired her new-found alphabetical aptitude. At the grocery store, she picked out two more letters from the sign for the "Delicatessen": S and E! I told my friend, Sara Beth, about Cate's shiny new trick over coffee the other morning. I used the paper and markers Cate was coloring with to write each letter for her to impressively identify. Suddenly, Sara Beth burst into laughter. (If you play Scrabble, you may have guessed where this is going!) There on my darling 2 year-old scribbled masterpiece, I had spelled "S-E-X-Y." Completely by accident, though I believe Freud would beg to differ.