School Projects

So all mothers of kids know this one, right?? Tati comes home last week and says, " I need to make a model of an atom." Ok I say. A few days pass, I forget of course!! So she reminds me again, I forget again! So anyways it's due Friday. I will buy the stuff the Monday before. Oh wait it gets better. I can't be made of normal stuff like clay or Styrofoam. Duh?? It needs to be made of food. I don't even remember what a model of an atom looks like. So Monday between screaming babies on my lap, I surf the net. What happen to teachers giving outlines and examples??? So I give Tati tons of options, of course I know nothing in her mind. Anyways while shopping Tuesday I found an assortment of colorful gum balls. Bring them home, Yeah!! Mom is hero once again (usually doesn't last too long). Tati has this bright idea to assemble the model on the kitchen table. We all know better, but of course I know nothing. And just to vent awhile, she has a new $300 desk in her room. Which has perfect working space. She carefully separates the colors, lines everything up perfect and yes there is a glue gun.
Then in a flash arrives the SPIDER MONKEYS!! Madison and Christina are on the table in a blink of an eye. Gum balls flying!! Mom screaming, Jeff yelling, Tati scrambling. And two cute little spider monkeys with mouths full of colorful gumballs.
Tati regrouped and started over on the kitchen counter. Mission accomplished, model done about 9:30. All kids still alive and time to go to bed~