Why there are two parents...

Among many other, very important and normal answers to that question...I have this to add:
There are two parents so that the one that isn't good at research papers and science projects (in this case, that would be me!) can rely on the other parent to take up the slack.
What?! Like you haven't been excited that your spouse was around to help out in those situations because it's not really your forte. I'm am quite certain that my children's teachers know when the creative parent was around and when he wasn't due to the finished product they submit. My son has a research paper AND a science project due in about 4 weeks. I refuse to hold his 5th grade hand and ask him every night if he is doing the work required for each project. I am actually quite impressed that his teachers have given them detailed suspense requirements that they have to meet. I think it's a great way to remind them they have to do a little bit at a time to get it finished. The research paper he is doing good on...the science project hasn't been touched. It's due May 17th. I'm scared. I'm scared of getting stuck with a panicked attempt to throw something together at the last minute...and my husband not being here to help. I'm pretty sure I will have nightmares about this very thing until the projects are turned in. To give you an idea on how creative I am...I did a "science" project in middle school on textiles. There was no scientific experiment or comparison...I wrote a little paragraph about each textile I had a sample of, there were like 8 or 9 that I used, and stapled them to my project board. They didn't grow mold or crystals or spew lava or generate electricity. They just hung on the board for the judges to feel of and read what they were used for in our society. I'm pretty sure I did not place in that science fair. Another year I used my older sister's project on constellations that she had used at a different school. I wrote a new report, but used the same display that she had. Again, there was no objective or experiment. My kids are doomed if they have to rely on my scientific expertise!! Thank God for Google and the internet for ideas!! Bud's teacher sent home a few links that provide ideas for science projects...one was http://www.sciencebuddies.com/ and it has tons of suggestions. My other biggest fear is duplicity in projects..I want him to have something original and unique. Suggestions are welcome and appreciated!!! Please pray that he has something better than a board of fabrics or poorly displayed constellations (think blue spraypainted plywood with those silver star stickers as the constellations..see how scary that could be!?!)