Mama Diaries

Friday, December 28, 2012

Mama the Mad Scientist

I did not know that making motors was in my job description when I signed up to be a mom.  Apparently moms are supposed to be engineers and physicists.

My son got an invention science kit for Christmas.  He likes inventing things, so I thought it would be a good idea to get him one. I don't know what I was thinking.

"Mama, can you help me?" my son asked.

"Sure."  I sat down and looked at the directions.  I could tell it was going to be fun.  The first project was making a motor.  Step number one was making a coil.  I took the wire and wrapped it around a dowel until it resembled a coil. Then I had to sand the leads.

"Mama, what are you doing? This isn't a wood working project."

"The directions say to sand the top of the leads," I explained.

Then it was time to assemble the motor.  I took some paperclips, rubberbands, a magnet, and other assorted things and attempted to put them together.  When I was done, I had an odd contraption hooked up to a battery sitting in front of me.

"What does it do?" Bubba asked.

I stared at it.  "Absolutely nothing," I said.

"Mama, you're nothing but a mad scientist."

Yeah.  And a mad Mama!

17 comments:

  1. I hate to inform you that this post is hilarious. Maybe it's because I was also Mama the Mad Scientist at one point in my life. My son loved science kits.

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    1. I can just imagine the science experiments you had to conduct!

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  2. Don't put anything math or science related in front of me - - I will be useless and it will frustrate me. Good luck!!

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    1. I love biology, but anything mechanical is a major challenge! I think my husband should deal with this!

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  3. Praise the Lord! The Hurricane didn't need help with this sort of thing. She knew more than the people who invented the kits.

    Love,
    Janie

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  4. haha well at least it looked sorta pretty, maybe?

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    1. Yes, it is a very colorful contraption. Maybe someday I will actually get it to do something. ;)

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  5. Directions? Are you supposed to read the directions? I think you did well by even looking at the directions!

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    1. I hate reading directions for things like this, but I figured I would get absolutely nowhere if I didn't at least try.

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  6. That kind of stuff isn't my forte, either. :)

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    1. I think my husband should work on it with him. I can handle chemical things and biological things, but not motors!

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  7. We mothers are supposed to know everything and how to mend things I supposed it comes with the job description.
    Have fun.

    Yvonne:

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    1. I can mend things, but I sure can't build a motor! ;)

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  8. That's so funny. You did more than I would have. Sometimes I look at instructions and I'd swear they're written in Swahili.

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  9. LOL. Last year we gave science type kits to the nephews for Christmas. Now I think I know what the parents might have gone through. : )

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  10. I'm useless at ANY type of computer game... even PAC-man. LOL.

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