She Can Be Taught!

A while back, when we were having dinner, I was telling the family about a Revolutionary War reenactment that was happening at Mt Vernon. I thought it was pretty cool (I'd have love to have gone). Since Ruthie was all ears (isn't she always, though??) I asked her if she knew what reenactment meant. So, she said, "Well, enact means that they are doing something, so a reenactment must mean that they're doing something over again that has already happened before." I thought that was so neat. I had no idea she was capable of breaking down a word to figure out generally what it meant. I've done that in the past with her when she encounters a word that is unfamiliar to her, but this is the first time that she's done the leg work herself!