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!