SLSS VOL 6: MARSHMALLOWS, MOON MODELS, AND MCDONALDS

BACKYARD BONFIRE

Ok "bonfire" might be a bit of a generous term here.  We built a fire one night in our grill.  Brinlee had gotten her hands on a star finder she was dying to try out, and neither of the girls had ever had a s'more before.  AND we had daddy home.  It was meant to be.

ECLIPSE DAY

There was a solar eclipse, and we celebrated!!

The girls were SO excited for eclipse day they could hardly stand it! A week or two before the big day I took them to the library and got as many books as we could find about the moon and the sun and the planets and what an eclipse is, and these two practically memorized them.  Then a day or two before the big day we made models of the star players (sun, moon, and earth).

Then, when the big day came, we ventured to COSI to spend the day.  They had all kinds of activities there to do while we waited for the eclipse to start.  It was actually a lot of fun, and the girls loved it!  We made and launched mini model rockets, we drew and colored our solar system, we acted out the eclipse, we felt how different gravity would be on different planets, we built stuff, simulated space ship flying, splashed in fountains, and sat on a space potty.

This is moon shaped sandwich, because

Eclipse!!

When the eclipse got going the girls were mesmerized! Columbus was not in a zone of totality, and it didn't work out to make the trip to anywhere different (maybe next time!).  But we still got pretty good peak coverage, and we were still completely dazzled.  It was so neat!  

For quite a while the girls just kept saying "Look! It looks like the moon is taking a bigger and bigger bite from the sun, like a cookie!"  

Then they realized just how slow moving the process was...

and then the clouds came and we had a hard time seeing it.  Big thumbs down.  But it was still magical, and the day was SO fun!  When Tim got home that night, he got quite an earful from these two about how amazing "eclipse day" was.

And he got quite an earful from me about how awesome these girls looked in those glasses!  :)

I had no idea how much I would love watching my kids learn and experience new things, but I do totally love it!  It's definitely in my top 10 favorite things about being a mama. 

And did I already mention that I love being out and about with my two favorite pals?!

ALL READY TO GO

You get your first child's kindergarten school supply list in the mail.

What do you do next? 

     1. Have a mini "oh my goodness this is actually happening!" panic attack

     2. Have a not-so-mini "mama's not ready for this!" meltdown

     3. Get really excited because she is really excited

     4. Go shopping!!!

The answer actually is the hidden answer #5: All of the above, in that order.

After I got over the panic attack, 
and the meltdown,
I decided we could go ahead and just be excited.  So we picked a day, miss Brin spent the morning putting little empty checkmark boxes next to everything she needs, we took sissy to a friend's house to play for a while, and then we ventured out for a little mommy and me date!  We did our school supply shopping, some clothes shopping, and then grabbed some lunch. It was the perfect day with the perfect little soon-to-be-kindergartener.

And now she's all ready to go!