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Last week on Thursday I signed Henry up for a circle of music class that meets Monday nights. Then on Friday he came home and after much thought and consideration told me he'd like to take a "Silly Science" class that meets after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. So, just like that, three out of our five school-week evenings have become a little nuts. I don't handle nuts very well, but while I've been tearing my hair out trying to teach Henry manners and to be respectful of adults and to not be so gosh-darned obsessive/compulsive, he's been teaching me to go with the flow. More like forcing me, but whatever. So here we go again.

He's very excited about this science class because they're going to be learning about magnetism and electricity. He's REALLY looking forward to learning about electricity. The last time we went to my parents house, he rearranged extension cords when no one was looking. His obsession with our future Christmas light display has grown to include how all of the lights are going to be connected to the garage outlet via a complex web of splitters and cords. All of his drawings of what our house is going to look like now include big black wires all leading down to power strips. It's very weird. He gets it from Dave. Sadly, yesterday's class was all about magnetism, and he glumly informed me that they must have run out of time because they didn't talk about electricity at all. After being reassured that there would be classes coming up that will be devoted exclusively to electricity, just as yesterdays was devoted to magnets, he perked right up and told me all of the cool stuff they did. He's looking forward to going again, so I'd say it's a rousing success. You just never know how these things are going to go.