.....But really - it's the only thing that really happened today. Well - that's not entirely true. Mini-E is cutting a bottom tooth (Knowing my kids - it's probably 2 teeth) The snot and drool flow freely from the poor kid.
Okay - We've been studying the Solar System. Because of Baby we haven't been as in depth as I would have thought we would have. I have so many books sitting here - It's like I just packed up the section from the Library and brought it home. I have some nifty ideas for lap books (one thanks to ThoughtfulMom - thanks for sharing!). But mostly - it seems to have struck a chord and interest in both the big kids. Mini-Me gets her crayons out and paper and colors what she sees - G just stares and watches the videos I've borrowed from the Library.
That brings me to the story of the day.. I borrowed"The Magic Schoolbus gets lost in Space". It came today and it's actually rather fun (I especially liked the ending where the "alien" called the creator of the cartoon). Mini-Me remembered the cartoon - but didn't know it was educational. She was a bit surprised.
Near the end of the video Arthur is trying to get his cousin Janet to get back on the bus. They're resting on Pluto, by the way. So he takes off his fish bowl of a space helmet and instantly he's a giant ice sculpture with glasses. They rush him back on the bus - back to earth - where he thaws out and has a cold.
It's a cartoon - they're allowed to break the laws of physics.
I honestly don't know how it happened. Mini-Me waits unti the show is over and starts to cry because of Arthur's frozen state of being - even though he thawed out at the end.
Part of me wants to laugh (not at or near her or in her presence, though - that would throw her off the deep end) - because I refuse to watch animal movies because they made me cry. (Hated Lassie - Refuse to watch Old Yellar - and don't even mention "Where the Red Fern Grows".)
I know she's tenderhearted and a mercy and all - but I didn't expect THAT! 
I told her today that maybe what we could do was watch the part where they travel through space but stop it before Arthur freezes. (sounds reasonable, don't you think?)
"How about we don't watch it at all?" was her come back. 
I'm going to have to bargain her down, I think.
I'll be curious to see what she thinks tomorrow.
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I'm glad things are going well! Space is so much fun. Between your Orderly unit on Space and our study of creation, the sun, and the moon, I think we've made the section into slim-pickin's for anyone else. I have to pick up more stuff today.
Your Mini-Me is really funny! I know you get a kick out of the Melancholy, so I'll tell you that you have hit on why I prefer to not watch the news on TV. Reading something in print is MUCH less offensive to my senses than having to watch it in action. My imagination is good enough - I don't need to see the actual bodies in the street - that would show up in my dreams, where war-torn countries are not appreciated. Because her Melancholy imagination is so good, seeing Arthur turn to ice, while she knows that can't happen, probably makes her feel stiff and cold and trapped. "What if that happened to me?" is probably a big question in her head, asked about many situations she sees. It makes her more sympathic to someone else's plight, but sometimes triggers that overboard imagination and upsets her. So, there's more insight into the Melancholy mind for you, my Sanguine friend. :)