Order in the chaos

The day after. We did clean and we did sort. We did it all first thing in the morning.... and it was good. The kids have their respective toys in their respective places. I actually succeeded in having them take out one toy at a time, play with it, and put it away before taking out another one. It wasn't all that hard either. It just took a lot of my attention... and that is ok with me. I also went back to Klems to get them to yank off a security tag that they had forgotten on a John Deer Sweatshirt that Henry got me for Christmas. (He knows me well).

Henry asked me to help him play with a "Snap circuit" game that we got him. I remember having something like this when I was little. I knew he would like it. We actually played for about an hour. He started off kind of slow. I think he was a bit overwhelmed, but after the first couple, he took right to it. He was making all sorts of things happen (there are just over a hundred little projects that can be made). Nora also took an interest. She is so smart... So I let her take a shot at it. Of course, she got it right away. They were both really into it! We talked about what makes a circuit and what a resistor does. We saw heard the speaker become quieter when the current passed through the resistor. We saw the fan move slower because the current passed through a light bulb first. It was a pretty great afternoon. They were so proud. Nora had just finished making a small plastic fan go around when she nudged it by mistake with her finger and the thing took off helicopter style right in the kitchen. We all kind of jumped back and laughed.... and then did it again and again.

It's Wednesday. Half way through winter break. I got a good jump on my correcting, the kids had a pretty great day. Things are good.