And the answer is: Pretty darned tall.

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2008

Help! My 5-year-old is better at math than I am!

After early dismissal from school today (bliss!) we were driving to meet Grandma and Auntie for lunch. From the back seat, Eddie asks me, "Mommy, what's 99 minus 9?" Figuring he needs some work on his math skills, I decide not to straight up answer, just to toss it back. "What do you think?" I asked. "Mmmm. 90?" Eddie replied. Yes! Cool! He's understanding basic subtraction!

Then he said, "There are 90 two-digit numbers!" Wait. What? It took me a minute of rolling that around my decidedly non-number-oriented noggin to realize that, absent negative integers of which he knows amost nothing, he's absolutely right. "How did you figure that out?" I asked. "You helped me," he replied, "by helping me figure out what 99 minus 9 is."

Forget that I, in fact, did NOT help him figure that out. I was just becugled (That's for Stacey) that he was able to run that whole problem through his head. Still can't wipe his bottom worth a darn, though, so at least I've still got THAT on him.