How do you spell...

Jack will ask how to spell words all the time.  He asks, then you spell, and you can see him counting the letters on his fingers.

"How do you spell movie, dad?"

"Movie is spelled, M - O - V - " and I can look down at Jack and watch his fingers in fists, start to raise for every letter that is sounded off, " I - E."

"Five letters, Dad.  Movie has five letters."

Last weekend he was being really annoying, question after repeat question, like he would ask how to spell the same word three times, "What does 'I don't know mean'?" he asked me.

"Jack -- How do you spell Christmas?"

"hmm, I don't know, Dad."

"Well, that's what I don't know means."

He paused and replied, "'I don't know' means you can't spell Christmas?"