Life on the Fly

Somehow with everything being put on hold with the holidays, our homeschool group ended up completely over-scheduled yesterday. Never let it be said there is nothing to do around here as homeschoolers.

Buoyancy and Propulsion

Yesterday morning we had science co-op. We learned about buoyancy and propulsion. After learning about the theory, the kids build boats from halved milk cartons and made sails, motors from baking soda and vinegar in empty bottles, pontoons from empty water bottles or used soap to break the water tension. And then they set set sail in a backyard pool. Hypothesize, test, make adjustments. The best kind of science.

We left science and drove straight to lego day. Which is just what it sounds like – getting together to build legos. I had two of mine and two extra kids. One of mine road with another mother. As we left, I got a phone call from the mother of the boy I drove offering to take her son and my boys to the next activity so I wouldn’t have to do so much driving. My daughter stayed behind for a playdate. The moms starting laughing about playing musical children and one said, “This is life on the fly.” Exactly.

So I took four boys and drove half way, passing them to one of the moms so she could drive them to Dungeons & Dragons. The boys have been playing D&D for a couple of months now and just finished their first quest last night. They love it. One of the dads is being dungeon master and adjusting things for the 9-12 yo age group and doing a wonderful job.

At the end of the day we ended up with all three of our kids back and no spares. We’d learned about buoyancy, played, legoed, traded pokemon, played D&D, and been shuffled through multiple hands. Life on the fly…I like that.