Number Confusion

Anson has recently developed a love of numbers (except the number 7, which he likes to pretend just doesn't exist). "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10!" He loves to count to himself, as well as count the objects in front of him.

But numbers are confusing. The number "11" is not "1" "1", even though it really looks like "1" and "1". We had that discussion earlier this morning.

Words that sound like numbers are even more confusing. Take tonight, for instance, when Anson and J were coloring pictures for Mama. J wanted to write the typical 'To: Mama, From: Anson' on the paper. It didn't go so well.
J: "Ok, now I'm writing 'To: Mama'."
Anson: "Three!"
J: "No, 'To MAMA'."
Anson: "Three!"
J: Catching on... "Oh. Not 'To: Mama'. Let's do 'For: Mama' instead."
Anson: "Five!" "Six, Eight, Nine, Ten!"
J: "What do you think about 'Love Mama'?"