To P or Not to P

Livvi the Kindergartner: Hey Mom, guess what letter this is. (draws a huge P in the air)

Mom with a Bachelor's Degree: It looks like a P.

Livvi the Kindergartner: Wrong.

Mom with a Bachelor's Degree: Give me another hint then.

the Kindergartner: It says PUH.

the Bachelor's Degree: That would be a P.

Kindergartner: No, it's not. Here is another hint. Princess and Pear start with this letter.

Bachelors Degree: P! It can only be P!

Kindergartner: It is NOT a P! Its a Q.

Bachelor's Degree: No, a Q looks like this (air Q) and says KWA.

K: Nope, you are wrong. THIS (air P) is a Q! My teacher says so!

Bachelor's Degree: No, I don't think your teacher said that was a Q, because that is a P.

K: THAT IS A Q!!!!! MY TEACHER SAID IT WAS A Q!!!! IT IS NOT A P!!(big tears and screwed up face)

B.S. Okay, fine, it's a Q.

K: You were wrong, Mom.

A few minutes later, after she regained her composure, and we had agreed to disagree about our P's and Q's, she was practicing her writing. She kept getting her lower case b's and d's mixed up, so I attempted to explain that big B and little b can march together, because, they are going the same way, but big D and little d can't march together because they will run into each other. My kindergarten teacher explained it to me this way, and it completely cleared up the whole dilemma in my mind, but of course it didn't work for Olivia.

"No, Mom," she patiently explained. "Little d will have to walk backwards. Then they can all march together."

I think I am going to be marching backward for a while. God bless kindergarten teachers.