It seems my blog has been a series of "conversations around the Bohlender house" lately, but hey, this is my life and it's what I do all day! This morning I have been challenged on a multitude of levels, not the least of which has been explaining the nature of animal and plant reproduction to Grayson. Here's the play-by-play:

I offer to read the science lesson to him and he can do the questions at the end of the chapter. This seems agreeable to all. Until he is the one asking the questions! The lesson is on the goldenrod plant and how insects take the pollen from the stamen and fertilize the pistil. Of course, I have to explain why plants have male and female parts and the usefullness of said parts. We go on to the subject of honeybees and how in the fall, the queen bee mates with the drone bee who then dies and the other female worker bees work all winter long in the hive. This is when it gets a bit tricky. Here's the million dollar question of the day, asked by a rather black-and-white 9 year old who just wants to know....

"SO ISN'T THAT ADULTRY? I MEAN IF THEY ARE GOING TO MATE WITH MORE THAN ONE BEE, ISN'T THAT ADULTRY OF THE BEES?"

I had to hold in the burst of giggles that so wanted to come out at the very moment. Bee Adultry?? LOLOLOL! I calmly led a further discussion about the lack of covenant in the animal kingdom and how the process of reproduction for them was more to provide honey for us, so it was ok. If I would've been smarter, I could've even used the point of "till death do us part", but that doesn't work on the neighbors cat, so it probably is best the way I left it.

Whoever knew homeschooling could be so much fun?