THE GRINSTEAD FAMILY

CONDIMENTS

My dear Allie was reading to me tonight & she came across a word that she didn't know. I reminded her of the "bossy e" rule & we went on. A short while later she got stuck again & I reminded her "when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking"...she asked me to remind her which letters were vowels. So, I told her a,e,i,o,u & sometimes y. She asked me what the others were called & I told her consonants...she said "oh, you mean ketchup & mustard?" I about died laughing & explained that those were CONDIMENTS, not CONSONANTS!