Claire's Cute, Too

Our kids generate blogs primarily to comment on the cuteness of our grandchildren -- and that's a very valuable function.

That's not my primary function, but we can do it, too, since we have Claire two days a week, and tonight is a special sleepover in preparation for the 4th of July parade tomorrow morning.

Though not yet having started kindergarten, Claire's getting to be quite a little mathematician. For instance, she can add 2+2, 4+4, 4+3, and even 7+7. The latter is quite a stretch considering her finger-counting technique. She can count almost indefinitely. Almost. Grandma said, "Look, Claire. The temperature is 99 degrees! What comes after ninety-nine?" "Ninety-ten," she responded without hesitation. (Well, if it had been the generally accepted answer, it wouldn't have been worth commenting on. Right?)

When Grandpa got back to the table, Grandma and Claire had a monkey-quiz for him extracted from the sack of the Carl's Jr. kiddie lunch. (Carl's Jr -- her choice tonight.) Grandpa even got some of them right. "I want to do it again!" stated Claire.

"OK," said Grandma. "What time is it when 20 monkeys chase one banana?"

"Twenty after one," said Claire.

"Where does a 2000 pound gorilla sit when he's tired?"

"Anywhere he wants!"

"What did the banana say to the monkey?"

"Nothing. Bananas can't talk."

"What kind of key doesn't open doors?"

"A gorilla!"

OK. Some things can be over rehearsed.

Maybe someday, I'll even learn how to post pictures.