My 6 y/o guy isn't much into "school". He does what he has to and usually plays or draws while we read. Every once in awhile he'll run over to look at a picture.

Well, he's been fixated on our Middle Ages study. I think he's traced knights from every library book in the basket (and that's a lot of books!). In the last couple of weeks he moved on to creating a cardboard castle. He's doing it all on his own and it's pretty impressive.

This morning, however, he's become a bit frustrated. As I work, he keeps coming in and lamenting the different issues he's having with his project. He keeps trying but was obviously getting somewhat upset over the situation. (I did promise to help him later, he just didn't want to wait)

However, he just poked his head in and said with a smile, "I know!! I'm just like Thomas Edison when he was inventing the lightbulb. He figured it out by doing it wrong a lot of times."

Who knew the kid was even listening?

I did tell him that Edison had the help of his "muckers" and he would have the help of his "mommy" and we'd get it squared away, no doubt!