supervising from the couch: Weird Science

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Weird Science

Okay, not really weird, but I can't resist an Oingo Boingo song as a title.

Once again, I'm echoing one of Melissa's posts. I too think that the science fair is just a giant pain, but the kids love it. Ellie was especially excited to be participating this year.

Here's what the science fair means for me:

Homework help instead of cleaning, and a late night because we procrastinated.

But we're done. And as Melissa said, "Woohoo for teachers who push my kids to do things I'm too lazy to make them do on my own!" Amen.

1 comment:

The Kyles said...: Hey! I remember helping your kids with this last year!! =); February 10, 2011 at 6:48 PM

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here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.