Now granted, we got a late start on homework around 9 p.m. It was just one of those afternoons that involved an orthodontist appointment, piano lessons for Emily and a basketball game at the high school. Hence the reason for our late start.
To make matters worse Caleb informs me he has lost his "pieces" which are supposedly extremely helpful in solving whatever we were supposed to be doing. So that's where google is usually your best friend for homework, right? We printed out new pieces that appear like they would work and cut them out. I got one figured out, or at least I "think" I did going on my 4th graders recollection of how to complete the exercise from the teachers instruction.
I kept saying, "I don't remember your sisters ever having to do this" the whole while I'm shifting these shape pieces around on graph paper feeling dumber by the minute. My suspicions were confirmed when Jessica and Emily looked at his assignment and shrugged their shoulders and gave me a look that said.......uh....sorry you are on your own with this one.
So after googling the topic of pentominoes and enlisting my husband's help who is now moving shapes around on the graph paper it gets rather comical.
I mean, c'mon....Daniel and I are educated people....we are both professionals....Daniel is even in education for crying out loud. So why couldn't we figure it out?
Bleary eyed and all, I finally compose an email around midnight explaining that Caleb's paper is incomplete and explained we weren't smart enough to figure it out either. I'm anxious to hear the response and worse yet, his grade.
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