While visiting with the grandparents (before being treated to the chamber orchestra yesterday!) my girls were teasing about how old their daddy is, and how rough he had it as a boy. 

Kaira recalled Daddy saying he was as old as the dinosaurs. 

Kendra then added that he had to walk to school--uphill both ways, of course. 

Keianna chimed in, "Yes.  Uphill both ways, carrying a CAR DOOR." 
Grandma asked, "Why a car door?" 

Kendra explained, "So he could roll down the window when it got hot!"

Finally someone (I don't recall who) said, "Uphill both ways is impossible!"

Remembering a recent dinner-time art discussion and her perusal of some art books, Kendra chimed in, "Mr. Escher could do it!  Uphill both ways is possible if you are Mr. Escher."

I love the connections young minds make, and was delighted at the notion of M.C. Escher walking to school, and the upside-down, inside-out, inverted route he might have imagined for his journey!

 

Relativity by M.C. Escher