Goodnight Moon

Last night there was a total eclipse of the moon. The eclipse began a bit before the kids went to bed and we had an absolutely perfect view of it from Liam's bedroom window. There was not a cloud in the freezing cold Minnesota sky last night and the moon was framed beautifully for us. We let the kids stay up a little late and we all sat in Liam's dark room and watched the eclipse and talked about the moon. Kate was fascinated and asked a million questions. She is so interested by space and talks about it a lot. She already knows about gravity and the tides and learned about how the earth and the sun and the moon line up. She was so curious and inquisitive. She called her Nia and Gramps in Miami (who were watching the eclipse from their balcony seaside) and said "Good news!!! There is a Clipse!!!! And the moon will be red!!!!!". Liam was adorable and just kept gawking out the window shouting "Moooooon! Moooooon". We also recited "Goodnight Moon". It really was a neat thing to see and the timing was so convenient at bedtime. When the shadow finally enveloped the moon, Liam enthusiastically shouted, with no prompting, "Bye bye Mooooon" over and over. It glowed rusty dusty copper and the kids went to bed.