Those pesky state names

Tonight at the dinner table we were discussing various things that were going on in our family as of late. I mentioned some of our relatives, and then Emma asked, "Who's that?" David then explained who they were and where they live.
"They live in Massachusetts." he said.
"No. They live in New Hampshire." I told him.
Emma then said, "Do they call it New Hampster because people always get new hamsters there?"
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David then tried to get her to understand that it was Hamp-SURE. "Hamp-sure." Then he said, "Shire."
I quipped, "Yeah. You know, where Frodo lives."
I don't think she got my joke. ;-)

Little discoveries

Several weeks ago I walked into the toy room and noticed the girls had taped some of their art onto the wall.

I thought this was really neat of them to do. The art quickly became part of the wall decor, and I would walk past it without looking at it and realizing it was there anymore.

But yesterday morning I happened to walk into the toy room, and I noticed the art again. I figured it had been on the wall long enough, and I started to take it off. That's when I learned the reason behind the strategic placement of the pictures.

Hidden beneath their masterpieces was a math problem and a stick figure person. I'll give them this:  they are clever!