"I'm not that smart!"

So, this morning we were driving down the road and Chris and I hear Ethan proclaim loudly and with a slight tone of anger, "I'm not that smart!". Chris immediately said, "Yes, you are smart Ethan, who told you that you weren't smart?" Ethan replied, "No one.....me!" We both were attempting to build his confidence when he again proclaimed, "I don't know what 1,000 + 8 is!" So after we explained the answer, CiCi quietly asked, "Am I smart?" Quicky and sharply Ethan said, "Yes, CiCi you are smart...spell red!" We laughed and laughed it totally made our morning!