Big Sky Country

Sometimes, I have no idea where these kids come from. One minute, I'm tearing my hair out and the next, they've got some profound (or, more often, hilarious) thought to share with me.

For instance, this afternoon I spent a good 4 full minutes trying to figure out how to help EA figure out the word "he." I mean, how do you even explain that? The "h" sound....the "e" sound...no? And then, he goes and makes a connection between the Darfur refugees I'm reading to him about and the Afghani ones in his video game. Then, he asks me the definitions of two words that "have really been bothering him" over break as he watched his favorite cartoons: "nostalgic" and "oblivious." I mean, I guess I wouldn't recommend the jump from "he" to

"oblivious" all that often, but today it just had to be made.

Also, Season 4 of Friday Night Lights...now I remember why I'm in TX: