Tikkabik

It's a busy time for James, our five year old. He's in his final months of preschool and he's learning to count. Learning letters. He's thinking big thoughts -- this fall he'll be in kindergarten.

Today James was practicing counting by multiples in his sweet, sing-songy little voice, when he stops and asks, "Daddy? What's the biggest number in the universe?"

So here I am, trying to explain the concept of infinity to my son who can't tie his own shoes yet and is still convinced that the Easter Bunny and Santa are real. I muddled through an explanation that ended with, "So you see, hon, the numbers just keep going. You can't count that high."

James looks up from his counting-sheet and says, "You can't count that high? That's just weird."