The first of many grocery lists.

Today, for the first time, my five-year-old is in charge of part of the grocery list—the part he should be able to read, that is:

• 8 hot dog
• 16 hot dog bun
• grill fish
• 3 red bell pepper
• 3 green bell pepper
• 1 eggplant
• fresh dill
• beets
• nut butter
• coffee
• mint extract

Why so few plurals?  I haven’t yet taught him that we sometimes spell the sound /z/ (the last sound of the phrase "hot dogs") with an "s."

The only item that I added to the list specifically because I know he can read it is "beets."