wow, sorry - it wasn't pushback AT ALL - i was honestly poking fun at our family!

re: teachable moments... that's actually not even how we're approaching them - mostly it's just from natural situations like the fact that our sugar canister is narrow and can't accommodate the 1 c measuring cup. literally, that's why DD learned fractions - because she had to use the smaller cups to get in there.

sorry if i'm OT. (and that i'm so touchy on this point - i'm bowing out right now.)

Every Sunday it brooded and lay on the floor. Inconveniently close to the drawing-room door.