Earlier this week, this conversation happened:
Nash: Mom, do you know who Christopher Columbus is?
Mom: No, who is he?
Nash: You don’t know??
Mom: No. Is he someone in your class?
Nash: No. He lived a long, long time ago. Before there were even clothes.
Me: Oh. So what did this naked old guy do?
Nash: Well, he wasn’t naked. He just had clothes that looked funny.
Mom: So he was from the 80′s?
Nash: No, mom! 516 years ago he came from…….some place that starts with an E….
Mom: Europe?
Nash: No.
Mom: Italy?
Nash: Yeah! And he accidently bumped into America trying to get to India.
Mom: Ouch. That must have hurt.
Nash: No mom. With his ship. And guess what? He didn’t even have a map!
Mom: But I bet he had GPS.
Nash: Huh?
Mom: You know like on daddy’s iPhone or a Tom Tom.
Nash: Yeah, I think he did have a Tom Tom!
Mom: Well he should totally take it back because it must not work if he meant to go to India and ended up in America.
**the next day while watching Martha Speaks **
Nash: Mom! Martha’s from Italy, too!
Mom: Just like that Kris Kross dude? Cool!
Nash: MOM! IT’S NOT KRIS KROSS! IT’S CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS! SHEESH!
Mom: Oh. (tee hee)
Happy Kris Kross Columbus Day!
so smart, I’m sure I taught him that.
once someone we both know (howard george) suggested that I teach B that the word for fork was spoon and vice versa. your plan? much, much, much funnier.
also, the thought of a naked Columbus roaming the seas with a Tom Tom just brings a whole new meaning to explorer.
Evil, evil mommy. F-ing HI-larious, but evil.
Jump, jump Nash!
i hope i’m smart enough to play a little dumb when my son is in 1st grade. life’s just so much more fun that way. thanks for sharing!