learning the alphabet

I started to panic when I couldn't find Nile at Sam's Club today.  When I finally spotted him, and was about to chew him out, he stopped me with his excitement.  "Look Mom!  There's a T and an A and an M and a P and anoder A and an X!  Isn't that soooooo coool?!  And there's eighty-eight of them!  See mom? An 8 and anoder 8!"