Funny exchange with my kids.

[kag]

My son is 15, and very politically aware. My daughter is 13, and likes to spar verbally with her brother. Both tend toward atheism because that's what their parents are, but my son likes to study different religions, and my daughter has recently become a devout follower of the Church of the Great Spaghetti Monster.

Last night, we had the following exchange that I found very entertaining. I hope you do as well:


Andy: When was the first English colony in North America?

Mom: Jamestown. 1603.

Andy: You mean they knew about the Americas but didn't settle them until a hundred years later?

Natalie: I can just see kids five hundred years from now saying, "You mean they knew about the moon, but didn't settle it until a hundred years later?"

Andy: Why would we want to settle the moon?

Natalie and Mom: Why did they want to settle the Americas?

Andy: Religious persecu… Ooooohhh.

I love my family.

[gateley]

1. Wow - I love your kids! And their mom is pretty with-it, too.

You've done well and are rightfully proud. :headbang:

[kag]

3. Why thank you!

Their dad deserves a lot of the credit, too. As I said, I love my family.

[gateley]

4. I'm smiling. I'm so happy for your happiness -- well deserved! nt

[elleng]

2. Nice.

Thanks for sharing.

[guyton]

5. cute. kicking n/t

[kag]

6. Thanks. n/t

[KitSileya]

7. Ummmm

Jamestown, 1607

(nitpicky English teacher)

[kag]

8. Oops.

Sorry. I knew that. Just did a little brain fart there.

I've been reading about Queen Elizabeth I and she died in 1603. I think that's why that year stuck in my head. Anyway, thanks for the correction.