Side effects of Homeschooling a 1st grader

Yesterday I went to the grocery store. 


I almost went alone.


Until I didn't.


And 2 little people decided to come. (Mini P and Monkey)


As we were driving there I noticed smoke - probably a small fire. Not big. Somewhat close, but not likely to turn into some catastrophic event or anything.


Then Mini P shouts out "look, I see SMOKE!"


Me: "Yes, there is a fire over there"


Mini P: "I think it is a VOLCANO!!!!! See? It has smoke coming out of the top"


Monkey: "That's a VOLCANO???"


Me: "No, it's not a volcano. It's a small fire"


Mini P: "Maybe it's a TOR-MA-DO!!!"


Monkey: "Sis is that a tornado???"


Me: (does anyone listen to me???) "No guys, it is just smoke from a fire."


Monkey: "A fire? I think it's on Pinetop"


Me: "no bud, it's not Pinetop, Pinetop is 5 hours from here"


Mini P: "maybe the it's in San Diego"


Me: (are we are the grocery store yet???) "No, San Diego is even farther"


Mini P: "I think it is Egypt! The fire is in Egypt!!!"


Me: "No. It is a small fire. Maybe over by the McDonald's"


Then I turned up the radio in back. I thought some good music would distract them enough to end that conversation. It worked.


I like that they pay attention during school time, and I like that they can repeat things they may or may not have learned.


Like the game they like to play what word am I thinking of - it starts with a 't' and ends with a 'd'...except they can't read.


Or spell.


That's almost as ridiculous as "what is that?". 


When I have no idea what they are looking at or talking about.