Ben and Me

"Knowing I wanted a dozen, God only blessed me with one. In a kingdom of children He might have given me, He was merciful enough to give me the prince."
~Lisa Samson, from Quaker Summer

Feb. 21, 2008

Lunar Eclipse

Ben set up his telescope on the front porch to watch the lunar eclipse tonight. We had a very clear, cloudless sky but it was pretty chilly out. He came in and out several times to warm up (I just looked out the front window of my nice and warm living room). At one point I hear this strumming sound and look outside to find Ben sitting on the front porch looking up at the moon, strumming his dulcimer.

I have no idea what on earth (or the moon!) made him think that strumming a dulcimer went along with watching a lunar eclipse, but is was priceless.

He came in after, got out his sketch pad and proceeded to sketch what the moon looked like at different times during the eclipse, and then drew the sun, earth and moon in perfect alignment.

I asked him when I tucked him into bed tonight what made him get out the dulcimer.

He said, "I was just happy."

I love homeschooling :)

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Homeschooling a bright, soccer-playing, second-grader can be both fun and challenging. I hope you'll be blessed while sharing in our learning journey.