Impromptu Schooling
February 22nd, 2008 -- Posted in Family News, Schooling | 2 Comments »The more I homeschool the more that I find that fits into “schooling”. On Feb. 14 I stayed home from work that night, because I wasn’t feeling well. I fell asleep on the couch, and woke to the sounds of Meg saying “Mommy, Mommy, something is wrong with Yeti”. Well Yeti is our one female cat, who happened to be pregnant….I knew her time was near, but the girls have never experienced a cat having kittens, and this was Yeti’s first time as well.
It was quite apparent that she (Yeti) was a nervous wreck!! *LOL* So Meg and I sat up for an hour, comforting Yeti, until finally the first one was born. Meg and I talked of how a cat having kittens is different from how people or other animals give birth. We talked about different animals that are born with their eyes closed, or open. We talked of some animals have live births verses animals laying eggs. It was quite an evening, or should I say morning….Meg had woken me up at midnight, and like I said, it was an hour before the first kitten was born.
Yeti has 5 beautiful little ones now, happily hidden away in a room, away from the hustle and bustle of the house. She doesn’t mind us peaking in on her once in awhile though, but I have been careful to educate the girls that if they bother her too much, or play with the kittens, she might abandon them, or the kittens could become sick, and so they are careful not to bother mother and children too much!
It is quite a learning experience for them!!
