Earlier this evening Madalyn came waltzing out to me and said, "Barack Obama is the first African-American to run for President" and then proceeded to regale me with Obama's life story. She knew his wife's name, the two kids' names, where he grew up, that his mom is white and his dad black, etc. Then I thought, okay, smartypants, let's see how much you really know. So I asked her where he'd been Senator and she knew that, too! Apparently that was the focus of their study this week in ILO (her gifted & talented class). I asked her if they were going to study McCain next week and she said yes, but then she also said, "He was taken prisoner by some mean guys in a war" so they apparently already touched on him a bit. (I'm very pleased with the class, in general, incidentally. This is definitely over and beyond what they study in her regular class.)

I'm just waiting for her to ask me for whom I'm voting so the brainwashing can begin. Surely they make Obama '08 shirts in junior sizes.