Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Area

Sue's friend Rondi showed up this week, and the two of them are up raiding the small villages of the Connemara for a couple nights. This leaves the Melchior men high and dry and left to their vices. Sam chose to go to a movie with a friend tonight, and Theo and Paul spent their time doing math. Tonight's lessons were about perimeters and area.

Once we'd finished the easy stuff, we moved on to area comparisons. The natural evolution of the discussion became "How many Irelands could you fit into one Minnesota, Dad?" The answer? Exactly 2.76.

He thought you'd like to know.

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