Math Prodigy

I am a 29 year old math prodigy.  Yes, you read that right!  MATH PRODIGY.  Tonight I successfully completed my very first common core math homework assignment.  (I MEAN MY 6 YEAR OLD'S first common core assignment). 

Just an average night of fitting in dinner, homework and bath time for the baby in the first 45 minutes of being home.  You all know how that is, right?  Have to get the baby fed and bathed before bedtime breakdown so... tonight Titan and I had to work on his homework on the bathroom floor while Atlas drank pee water.

The picture below?  Those toothbrushes you see on the floor are not just there because little boys are gross animals, they are part of a thorough explaination of common core math.

At first, Titan showed me a toothpaste cap and said, "Ok mom, pretend this is a group of 10 and then put it next to this cup".  And then I stared at him because I had NO idea what he was talking about.

"Ok, let me try again, mom.  You obviously don't understand what I'm talking about". (Just got politely schooled by a 6 yr old, by the way).  He then proceeded to grab, bend and place toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes and made the number "21", which you can see if you tilt your head to the side.  I still didn't know what the cup and other little tube of toothpaste had to do with it, but I rolled with it.  I didn't want to seem any stupider than I already appeared to be.

"So the 2.  Do you see the 2? That's in the group of tens place.  MOM!  Are you paying attention?".  (Yes, yes, I am making sure the baby, you know, doesn't DROWN from drinking pee water.  PLEASE continue to show me how putting your toothbrushes on the floor are necessary to complete your math home work.)

"Mom, focus.  And the 1?  That's in the ones place".

"So if there was a number in front of the 2, would that be the hundreds place?"

"Yes!  Good job, mom!".  Awesome!  He no longer thinks I'm an idiot!  Yeah! Let's put the number 6 in the ten spot 8 times.  Totally got this! 

However, I was a little unsure if I actually understood the assignment, so I text a picture of the completed homework sheet to my neighbor, who is a super supportive educator, and sent me this awesome picture!

See folks!  I'm not just a pretty face, after all!  I can keep a baby alive in the bathtub AND do common core math at the SAME TIME.  And that right there?  Uummm.  Parenting?  NAILED IT.