Conversations With 7 Year Olds

Him: "Mom, we're going to get to do maps at school."

Me: "What do you mean? You're going to draw maps?"

Him: "No, we get to learn how to read them!"

Me: "Wow! That sounds like a lot of fun!"

Him (nodding knowingly): "It is going to be a lot of fun."

Other him: "Um, mom? Why is maps going to be fun?"

Me: "Well, because you get to learn something new."

Other him: "Humph. I don't think that sounds like fun at all."