Thursday, February 21, 2008

Did You See It?


Jackson and Kate made up PROMISE to wake them up at 10:01 so that we could all gaze upon the "red moon" (aka the lunar eclipse). This is a fairly rare event that won't be duplicated until the year 2010! We made good on our promise to the kids and woke them up in plenty of time for the viewing. Our family stood on our porch admiring the sight for several minutes until the magic of the moment passed and the cold set in. Then we headed back inside to wrestle the kids to sleep for the second time in one night. :)

I wonder if they'll remember this night in 2 years or when they are grown...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Totally cool! I think it's great that you'd allow them to have the experience. Ask Jason if he remembers the 8:30 a.m. total eclipse of the sun when he was in elementary school. It was an awesome sight accompanied by an eerie feeling. If he remembers, chances are your kids will remember too.

Unknown said...

Yes--it was very cool! And Sean had the chance to try out his valentine's present--i got him a telescope (super after Christmas discount--love it!). It was so cool!

Jen

Kari said...

Gorgeous photo!! I missed out on it ... didn't even know it was "scheduled" to happen! Guess you lose track of things when you're entertaining company ;) Glad your kiddos got to share in it with you!

Tracy said...

Wow! You daredevil, you. Waking sleeping kids is quite a risk!