Sunday, April 24, 2011

Just goes to show how smart I really am ...



I just proved to my 11 yo daughter how entirely clever and brilliant I am.  She is properly impressed that I passed her little test.

 

I was being silly and walking around singing, "I'm so smart!  I'm so smart!"  I had just figured out a solution to storage problem I was facing.  It had just dawned on me that I could store my bulky exersaucer in our leaky basement IF I took out the cloth seat portion.  I hadn't wanted to put the cloth down there to possibly mildew, but I didn't have any more closet space to store the whole thing.  It was about time I figured it out, because at 7 mo, Baby V doesn't like to be in it anymore.

 

About that time, my 11 yo walked up and said, "Mom, I have a question.  If you're so smart ..."

 

I said, "Uh, oh!  No good question ever started out with those words ... If you're so smart ... "

 

She laughed and then proceeded to ask me her question.  "So, what's 6.59 divided by pi."  pause "I don't even know what pi is."  giggle

 

I then brilliantly explained to her that pi is 3.14 and a bunch of other numbers that we simplify to 3.14.  Then I told her that the answer to her question would be 2.something that I couldn't really figure out in my head.

 

She said, "You weren't supposed to KNOW the answer!"

 

I told her I really didn't know an exact answer, but that it just goes to prove, "I'm so smart!  I'm so smart!"   (back to singing)

 

I love my kids!
April E.