storms

Way back

several years before we began homeschooling

TJ wrote a paper

on who he thought would make a great teacher.

He choose me.

"because she has great storms,"

he said.

This threw me a bit.

I read 'storms' as 'stories'

and thought

I don't do stories - Tyler tells the stories.

hmm

So I asked him about it.

Storms.

Brainstorms.

Ahh

now I get it......

~

today's brainstorm

(I still get 'em)

was

Tony and Brandon could make strawberry jam

the cooked kind - it's more like 'real jellies'

all by themselves!

It'd be great fun

they'd learn a new skill

they'd create wonderful memories

and be so proud of themselves!

So far

the jam boiled over

(and I mean boiled over!)

and covered the burner

setting off the smoke alarm.

They've both managed to burn themselves,

they don't like making jams and jellies

one bit,

and I've got at least an hour's work

in cleaning that burner

~

In their defense

I hadn't provided them with a big enough pot

and the same mess would have happened to me

but then

they wouldn't have this fabulous memory

~

some storms

are better

observed

from a distance