My soon-to-be 10 year old niece Evelyn is sleeping over tonight. She specifically requested me instead of unnamed other aunts because of my overwhelming awesomeness, but that is not the point of this post.
We are watching the Olympics and talking about how long before the next ones and the difference between summer and winter Olympics.
I always try to work in little math problems when I am with kids to test and see how much they can do in their heads. So, I asked her how old she would be in 2016. :
E Without missing a beat: Sixteen
J: What can you do once you turn 16?
E muses for a few seconds and says, hopefully: If i go to Kentucky I can get married.
J: Laughs so hard she almost suffocates. Asks where she heard that
E: I don't know, but I said I could, not that I had to
J: I thought you might say you could drive
E: Oh yeah, I forgot about that
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