Followup to the previous post

[larryhammer]

The next day, no progress was made on the Cat Elevator 2000, but work continued yesterday, including a lot of trial-and-error engineering before converting the chassis to the Cat Train 2000, using a small wooden wagon to pull it along the floor. The young scientists determined that the best way to keep Experimental Subject #1 (the mellow orange cat) inside was to give him skritches while riding, but found no way to induce Experimental Subject #2 (the fluffy grey cat) to stay seated while it's moving.

No work on it so far today, as they've been too busy with baking a cake -- both an experiment in an endothermic reaction and celebration of returning to the classroom Monday.

ETA: Lest you think that Captain Underpants is the only influence around here, Ivy & Bean are also big: over the past two weeks, Eaglet and D have also made a one-page newspaper covering local events, to be sold to neighbors for $1, and opened a local franchise of Camp Flaming Arrow.

---L.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

I remember Ivy & Bean being big around here, too. Cat Train sounds awesome. I hope everything goes smoothly with classroom return!

[larryhammer]

D and his family have been reading them through for the first time, and he loves them as much as Eaglet did at the same point. Eaglet still does.

[branna]

Ivy and Bean was big around here for a while but has now fallen somewhat out of favor. This is a cause for relief in our house, because Ivy and Bean has the same effect on the Kitten that The Great Brain used to have on me at her age, i.e. reading it led to an immediate spike in rude behavior.

[lnhammer]

Fortunately, I+B haven't had that effect on Eaglet. Though they do now like Babybell cheese for the wax, instead of the cheese.

[larryhammer]

OTOH, the return to in-person schooling with classmates they've been cohorting with for a couple years, that's resulted in a spike of rude behavior. Along with an overall sense of being much more "on" and coherent and together, so it's hard to regret it too much. Just a lot.