Monday, March 31, 2008

Be careful what you ask for (aka "The Capital of Indiana")

During one recent family visit, we got on the discussion of state capitals. One family member claimed that she knew them all, and so then everyone felt the need to start quizzing her. At the point of getting several of them wrong, she declared that she apparently didn't know any of them.

I then turned to Noah and said, "What's the capital of Indiana?" I thought, perhaps, he might know it, having been to Indianapolis before. Although I did know that they hadn't yet talked about state capitals in school.

Noah, however, heard a different question -- a grammatical question instead. He tilted his head to one side and said, "Ummm...the letter I?"

And, really, that was hard to argue with. "Yes, you're right, Noah. The I is the one that is capitalized."

6 comments:

Jennifer @ Fruit of My Hands said...

Too cute!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Anonymous said...

You can't argue with that logic.

The Buntens said...

Very cute!

Rachel said...

That is absolutely precious! Sounds just like something my daughter would say, smart and sassy :-) Perfect combination!

pb&j in a bowl said...

Quick answer. How cute!

Sandy said...

I love that! Very cute and oh, so true!