POE-KEY-TOES

Caleb, 5: "Mom, I don't like poe-key-toes."  

Wendy, 37: "Poe-key-toes?"  

Caleb: "Yes, I don't like them."  

Wendy: "Poe-key-toes?? Do you mean taquitos?"  

Caleb: "No, POE---KEY---TOES. I don' t like them."  

Wendy: "Why don't you like poe-key-toes?"  

Caleb: "I don't like poe-key-toes because they bite."  

Wendy: "Oh, MO-squitoes. It's MO-squitoes. MO-squitoes is how you say it. I don't like them either."  

Caleb: "Yeah poe-key-toes. I don't like poe-key-toes."  

Wendy: "I don' t like poe-key-toes either Caleb."  

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