Today we visited the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Our girls were among 143 homeschooling children from throughout Southern California who converged upon the Annenberg Building for hands-on lessons in electricity. Homeschool families run the gamut from singles with only children to couples with multiple children. No matter how the family's described, every parent needs a hand now and again. Today, we were that helping hand.
The project:
Temporarily adopt one of the older of five children so she could take part in hands-on activities and an IMAX film while her mom watched over the younger children who were not quite ready for either.
Time:
2 hours
Why bother?
Every parent needs a hand now and then. Watching well behaved Maisie, who had adopted E & V early on, was an easy way take a bit of the load off her mom, who was busily carrying and tending to an infant, two of Maisie's younger siblings, and her older brother.
Worth it?
The girls made fast friends with this well-behaved little girl. The mom was mightily pleased, and she I swapped e-mail addresses. Hopefully we'll be able to meet up closer to home in the near future.
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