In case there was any doubt about which one of us - me or my husband - is the budding scientist, today's craft project will clear that up.
Brian: "I wish I had chemistry blocks."
Me: "Why?"
Brian: "I could use them to check my chemistry homework. I'm trying to figure out how many configurations there could be in an octahedron."
Laura: (turning back to her reading and trying to dust off the part of her brain that recalls a few shreds of her high school chemistry class) "Why don't you make a model out of stuff we have around the house?"
A few minutes later, and an "Aha!" coming from the kitchen, Brian emerged with a nectarine poked with 6 toothpicks. On each end of the toothpicks were Craisins, raisins, and a walnut.
To some, it may look like the beginnings of a fruit salad. But to my chemistry-minded husband, it was a perfect model of an octahedron to help him complete his homework.
Brian: "You know what's crazy? The name of this thing is (ethylenediammine)chloro(diethylenediammine)cobalt(III)."
My mom always said nerds would make the best husbands. And she was right! (Plus, he's cute, too!)
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