How a 7 year old views the world

Ok, so Hali wanted to tell me what she learned about Martin Luther King Jr. Day in school on Friday....."See, the brown skin people weren't allowed to play with the white kids and they had to drink out of rock water fountains. A brown boy couldn't be friends with his white friend. Then the black man said "hey, that's not fair". Ok so now I am waiting to hear what she learned what he did and all that so I said then what happened. She says.."they shot him". Hmmmm....I guess that is what happened isn't it. Oh how a child can simplify the craziness in the world.

Ok, then Hali decided she wanted to get a head start on her homework for Wednesday. Her class had been learning about the arctic and the animals that live in the arctic. Her assignment was to pick an animal and answer the questions that followed. She picked the reindeer. Ok, do you see where this is going? The first question is what do they eat? Since we watched the movie Prancer over the holidays her answer was oats. Next question, how do they get their food? Answer: we leave it in the snow with sparkles so they can find it....or Santa. yah. Third question, where does the animal live? Answer: The North Pole. Fourth question, how do they get around? Answer: yup.....they fly. I did tell her that they do walk most of the time so she did put that down. Now this is a girl who will in no way let me tell her the answer or have me do her work at all so to get her to change any parts of her answers is a very difficult task. She was so proud of her work and to be done early I just let it be. Sorry Mrs. Englund! 7 is a delicate age......