A Science Lesson

We are currently studying Astronomy.  We finished our study of weather which was pretty exciting.  I have to tell you this funny story.  I had recorded a few of the "Storm Stories" episodes from the Weather Channel to watch along with our study.  They had enjoyed them so much that last Saturday night, they wanted to watch an episode before bed.  It was filmed in the Caymans in 2003 (I think) when a major hurricane hit, Category 4 I believe.  But the interesting part was the family.  The wife was 9 months pregnant and they chose to ride out the storm because they didn't think she would be allowed to board a plane that late in her pregnancy.  They rode out the storm, lost most of their roof and when it was over, they surveyed the damage.  AND she went into labor.  They arrived at the hospital and was immediately put on a plane for Miami to have the baby.  The story went on but what was so funny was Spencer looked at us during the story and he said, "I just don't get it.  I mean, how are they gonna get that baby out of her?"  And Jack pipes in, "Yeah, what do they do, cut it out?"  And their friend, Nathan, who was spending the night says, "Oh I know how they get that out and you don't want to know."  And he begins to point, down there, you know what I'm talking about?  To which I looked at him and said quietly, "You know, this is that part where you are to keep certain things to yourself and allow a parent to address matters such as this."  And you could tell by the look on his face that I knew that is exactly what his mom and dad had told him to do!!!  Hysterical .... so as the boys CONTINUE to ask questions, Scott tells them that this conversation is coming in the spring.  I'm wondering if he is going to take them to a barn or something and watch a calf be born since they are waiting until spring.  But anyway, as they continued to probe, I finally said, "You will get more information but God gave women a birth canal and that is how the baby comes out and you will find out more later."  It was funny that giving them a word like birth canal was enough to answer their question and that was the end of that little story.  But you can see their creations finished and styrofoam balls cut in half worked very well for this project thanks to my friend, Brandie, who told me they had them at the dollar store!!!!  Woohoo!!  

Back to my other lesson.  We are studying space and learning all sorts of interesting things, many things that I have forgotten.  This week, we painted and created our own solar system (not to size) but we had a lot of fun with it.  I taught the boys how to take a little paint and a little bit of water on a toothbrush to make stars.  I'm wondering how long it will be before I find tiny flecks of stars on the walls in their room .... 

On a side note, do you know if you take a basketball and a peppercorn next to one another that symbolizes what the size of the sun and the earth are next to each other??  Pretty incredible when you think about it ....... they are definitely learning just how pretty amazing our Creator truly is .......