Saturday, September 13, 2008

Gratification of the unusual sort

As we were lounging on the sofa this lazy Saturday morning and drinking morning caffeine, I flipped the channel to a documentary about Galileo. Ace was hanging out next to me, still glassy eyed and feeling crummy. When I got up to do the stuff that must be done on weekends, I tossed him the remote and gave the directive that all kids dream of hearing "go ahead, watch what you want".

He eagerly switched to cartoons, but about 10 minutes later I heard the Galileo program back on. There he was, engrossed in learning about history without being forced.

Maybe the sore throat affected his brain patterns. I'll take it.

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