Today was all about tides which is perfect opportunity to do some timetable reading, how the universe works, gravity and water safety.
The boys were mesmerised by videos of rip tides and how waves are formed. We covered beach safety, what to do if you find yourself in a rip tide and watched a video of a boy being rescued by the RNLI.
There's been a lot of talk about disaster planning this past week. Think hurricanes, lightening, earthquakes, blizzards, tsunamis, UV rays, rip tides, running out of biscuits ... OK, the last one is not weather related but I'm getting very low on bourbons and that is serious.
I'm concerned that I've over-egged the safety element. K shouting 'we're all going to drown' every time there's a light shower and W lying face down in the middle of the lawn because a door slammed wasn't what I had in mind.
With the gorgeous weather I was planning a beach trip but I fear we'll get all the way to the coast and K, who is a worst-case-scenario boy, will insist that he's identified a rip tide or that the water DEFINITELY just sucked back so a tsunami is imminent, thus ruining my paddling plans. W, my err-on-the-side-of-caution boy, will probably refuse to get out of the car.
Aged 8, I spent an entire holiday on the Isle of Wight under a blanket because there was a solitary wasp on the beach. Nature, nurture.
While we were discussing the moon we had a quick diversion into planets. It was about time for a snack (it's always time for a snack in my universe) so we made an edible line of planets. Notice there are no bourbons.
Mysteriously, during clean-up Saturn was most popular.
Oh, and we exploded the sun in a vice (mwah ha ha)
