The Chemist at Bradford Academy

March 4, 2008

First time parents can be so funny.

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My brother-in-law will probably not be pleased that I share this, but it is too funny. My 2 month old niece has been having a lot of trouble with spitting up. My mom and I both suggested that a little rice cereal in the bottle might help. (Before you comment about breast feeding, my sister tried for 4 weeks and her milk never came in.) My sister would not try rice until the doctor said it was OK. He did. So she sent my brother-in-law to the grocery store for rice cereal. He comes back with a huge bag of puffed rice. My sister asked, “What in the world do you have?” Brother-in-law said, “I figured we could eat what the baby doesn't.”

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January 17, 2008

Hay Sings and Cow Poke

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Or reason #242 why I homeschool

Since I fell off the history wagon sometime in November, I thought that it would be a good idea to read back through The Story of tlhe World Vol. 2 to where history dropped off the schedule. I read a chapter aloud to the Crafter every day. Wild Thing has been listening in--more or less. I'm wasn't sure if he was getting anything out of it. Yesterday we read about the Battle of Hastings. The Crafter and Wild Thing listened. When the story was over, Wild Thing ran from the room. He usually runs from the room as soon as his required listening is over, but this time he came back with his toy knights. He set up his red knights up on a stool and his blue knights on the floor.

Me: What are you doing?

Wild Thing: Playing Hay Sings

Me: What army is on the stool?

Wild Thing: Harold is on the hill and William is on the floor.

Me: Who gets the dragon?

Wild Thing: William gets the dragon and Harold gets the Cow Poke.

Me: Cow Poke?

Wild Thing: This. (holds up toy catapult)

The Crafter: (laughing so hard she can barely get the words out) It's a Cat-a-pult, not a Cow Poke.

Wild Thing: Cow Poke. (flies toy dragon to the stool and knocks down Harold and his army)

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December 6, 2007

Look Mommy! It snowed in my room!

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A few months ago Wild Thing and Sweetie got hold of the Crafter's black stamp pad. In a few short minutes, they managed to turn themselves and half of Wild Thing's room completely black. Well, my children are equal opportunity mess makers. I ~~have~~ had a huge box of washing detergent--an almost full 145 load value size. They sprinkled the entire contents of this box of washing detergent all over Wild Thing's room. "Look Mommy! It snowed in my room!" I managed to scoop up about 3/4 of the box. The remainder is down the vents and in my lungs. On the bright side, Wild Thing and Sweetie are fully deodorized with the power of baking soda.

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The everyday adventures of our homeschool according to The Chemist, wife to The Historian for 15 years and mother of The Crafter (dd 8.5), Wild Thing (ds 4.5) and Sweetie (dd 2.5).

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