Why you're special!

Okay, so i just had to blog about this. It was way too cute and way too funny.

Here's the back story: Nathan and I were doing school. We were studying math, looking at different shapes, then counting their sides and angles. Nathan is very precise and particular when it comes to most things. The Rectangle was the new shape of the day. So, here's how the conversation went.

Mommy holding up rectangle.

"What shape is this?"
"Rectangle"
"How many sides?"
"4"
"How many angles?"
"4"
"Good Job!"

Continuing on through several more shapes......

Mommy again holding up a different rectangle.

"What shape is this?"
"Rectangle"
"How do you know?"
"Because it has 4 sides and 4 angles"

Mommy holds up the square.

"What shape is this?"
"Square"
"How do you know?"
"Because it has 4 sides and 4 angles"
"Then it is a rectangle, right?"
"NO, its a square"
"Did you know that a square is a special kind of rectangle?"
"Oooooowww, cool. Yeah, because it has 4 sides and 4 angles just like a rectangle."

(mommy moment of aha! he's getting it)

"What about the square makes it a special rectangle?

Nathan says nothing. Index finger on chin thinking.

"Why is the square special?"
"Because God made it. He made the square that way, and that makes it special."

I couldn't help but laugh. He was embarrassed, but later became very excited when i explained the mathematical reasons on why a square is special.

Later, when i told Thomas all about it, he said, "well, at least, we've gotten him to understand, that God made everything in creation, and all things are special."
Then we had argued over who was going to post it on their blog. Which by the way, Thomas now has his own blog. check it out in my blog list. I got to post though, because it actually happened with me, though i told him he could post it too.

Hope everyone has a refreshing weekend. We plan to do Nathan's soccer game this afternoon. Then, Thomas and i may try to catch a movie by ourselves. yeah, date night!