no math geeks here.....

Lacey is whining about math which is nothing out of the ordinary. We are plugging along nicely, I think. We're dividing mixed numbers and multiplying improper fraction.....we're doing fine, I think.
Then we come to ratios.....
"Ratios were always hard for me, but we'll get through them together." I say bravely.
Lacey lovingly puts her arm around my shoulder and says,"It's OK mom, we can skip them," to which I say,"No, Lacey, the hardest thing to do is always the right thing to do."
This is one of my favorite "mom-isms". I say this to my girls, alot. I consider it a motivating statement. I have lots of "mom-isms."
Today, Lacey's response to my current "mom-ism" is, "What about the straight line??????"
To which I die laughing.......
You know that one: "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line."
One can understand her misuse of this "mom-ism", afterall, it sound so mathematical.
I'm still laughing......