![]() He finally employed Jeff’s version and successfully got them all out, but it took quite a few tries. The picture on the bottom right will be explained when we get to Jeff’s help.īatman’s attempts to get a popcorn kernel out of his “ear”īatman mainly tried with the fondue fork chasing the kernels around his jar. I suggested trying to suck up the kernels with her straw, but she never really tried it. She mainly tried the bamboo skewers, but occasionally would try the fondue fork. Rules: you have to get the popcorn kernels out without picking up the jar. Princess’ attempts to get a popcorn kernel out of her “ear” Supplies: popcorn kernel, small jar, various tools to try and get out the kernel (I gave them bamboo skewers, straws, and a fondue fork, and told them they could get whatever else they wanted to use). I thought I’d drive the point home of why we don’t put these things in their ears, so I set up the experiment to figure out how to get a popcorn kernel out of your ear. ![]() Jeff reported it took four different tools, and a lot of water to get it out. So, he got to spend a couple of hours at the local Urgent Care as we waited for them to get it out. ![]() When I asked Superman why he did this, he said, “Well Batman did it, and it fell out.” GREAAAAT. Each of them later on admitted to putting a seed in their ear. As the story came out over the next couple of days the kids had been showing each other how they could put popcorn seeds in their ears and then they’d fall out. Then we had the fun of Superman coming in while I was getting ready to start cooking dinner announcing that he had a seed stuck in his ear. Actually, we had an appointment about a year and a half ago, but that’s when Superman ended up needing hernia surgery, and so we cancelled all scheduled things because we weren’t sure when we’d be able to get in to the specialist. My kids got to learn all about going to the dentist, which we had been slow to get going. I learned that when you get a strep rash, that is what Scarlet Fever is. This has been a week of learning about medical procedures galore.
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