In Perry's second grade class this year, his teacher would like for each student to make a 1 - 2 minute presentation on anything that they know something about. It can be on any subject of their interest - weather, Disney World, jelly bellies, biking - whatever they feel like sharing with the class.

This is a great idea - no other second grade teacher in our school is doing this so we feel a bit special. I've talked with a couple other mothers in this class - comparing subjects to talk about, how much time they had to spend working on the presentation at home, wondering how come one of the little girls in his class did a powerpoint presentation... yeah, right... we all know who did the work on that one.

So the other day, Perry had a friend over to our house from his class. His name is Jack - a cute little boy that was one of Perry's new friends this past summer at summer camp and now a classmate in his second grade class. And you know how parents are - we ask questions, we pry, we pump... trying to get anything out of these second graders that you can while they are visiting our home. It's a tough task, but we parents must ask, pry and pump... correct?!

Nosy Mom - "So Jack, what was your presentation on this month?"
Jack - "The King."
Nosy Mom - "Elvis?"
Jack - (looking at me strangely) "No."
Nosy Mom - "Jesus?"
Jack - (looking at me even more strangely) "No."
Nosy Mom - "Who's the King?"
Jack - "Richard Petty"
Nosy Mom - "Oh."
Perry - "Yeah Mom - you know Richard Petty - the king of racing... duh"
Nosy Mom - "Oohhh."

That's what I get for being nosy.