geometric horror and the birth of a science nerd

Where the hell did this week go? Or the end of last week for that matter? Or this morning,if Im brutally honest? Time is definately not on my side at the moment,and this accounts for my lack of regular posting. This week has been all about angles once again,seems geometry has grabbed us and will not let go. There was a trip to the science AND natural history museums tuesday-proving that while time may not be on my side,it will occasionally turn a blind eye to some of my crazier schemes to pack more into a day. Peanut had an epiphany while there,and decided she loved science and it was cool to be a science nerd like her mother. There you go,all those guilt ridden donations to the museum coffers have finally paid off...Today we are attempting to understand interior and exterior angles,and also atoms and particles.That is,if I can drag Peanut away from the spider in our living room who has just hatched a whole brood of baby spiders,who will no doubt grow up to confound my attempts at housework. Speaking of which,for anyone who wondered,the house gets a thorough scrub down every monday,the washing gets done daily,and the washing up 3x daily. This,in spite of living with 1 small child and 2 large ones,none of whom are particularly tidy. Oh,and also in terms of field trips,a trip to Tesco yesterday,with 1 small and one large child. Anyone who has the time to shop alone,I truly,truly envy you...I spend most of the time hurtling round at breakneck pace,missing half of what I wanted to buy,and grabbing randomly at stuff I didnt,just trying to keep up with the larger of the two-hes driving,and doesnt want to get caught in traffic-whilst refereeing the usual state of friendly warfare between him and the smaller one,who is hyped up on the sheer joy of having 2 people to harrass round tesco instead of one,and actually getting driven there and back instead of being forced to walk,pack mule style, home with the shopping as is usual. Compared to this little outing,geometry should definately be the lesser of two evils...
Updated to add,in true friday fashion,we spent 30 minutes grappling with internal and external angles,then called time on it when it became painfully obvious that this was not going to happen and all that was happening was imminent meltdown.Peanut is now happily reading a nature textbook,trying to figure out the mating habits of fish. (If I knew,believe me I would tell you,but the recesses of the Peanuts brain are a mystery to me and some days Im very grateful for that...)The house is now calm,maths forgotten,and now the only battle on the horizon is working out what the Peanut wants to eat BEFORE her grandma comes to pick her up and I escape to the relative sanctuary of work,with its incessant demands of 'sell more loyalty cards'...actually,fish mating does sound more fun.
The above,incidentally, is an example of Friday syndrome,something which strikes every week in our house.My only day to day rule is that there must be an hour of maths per day,this down to both my own hatred of maths and the problems it causes me in day to day life,and my determination that Peanut shall not suffer the same fate.It has done wonders for her maths confidence and ability,but even this iron clad rule must bow to the fact that,by friday,the Peanut has the concentration span of a gnat and the temperament of an angry hornet. Education therefore must consist of something she can easily digest and something which does not have to be recalled for the lesson the following monday.We do a lot of origami,spirograph and other such vaguely mathematical stuff on fridays...The rest of the week,she is quite happy to humour her poor deluded old mother and do the maths first,then she is free to study what and when she pleases.It seems like a small price to pay.Friday? No,we do not want to humour the senile old fool,we want to do something more interesting. Fair enough.Im going to read a Jim Butcher book while I make lunch.

week off and whiny submission

Well,half term has come and gone,encompassing Peanut's bridesmaiding-and yes,she looked lovely-and general STUFF,and now its back to school... Tuesday consisted of Angles and geometry,followed by macrophages and microbes. The latter was a written blow by blow account of bodily microbe warfare,and the former was Q&A on paper and online.
Wednesday was further angles- transverse and congruent,and a NEW Erin Hunter seekers book,which was dragged straight up to Peanuts lair and devoured whole in a single sitting.
Today was supposed to be a trip to the science museum,but a cold put paid to that,so we settled for another online angles quiz and a little science.Better now than in 2 weeks,when we set off for Vancouver.Yes,we are long hauling it with a 12 year old. Really not sure how this ones going to go,but for a week it will be an adventure...