August 28, 2007--Lunar eclipse

Sarah has been suffering from an ear infection. We took her to the doctor yesterday and so she's on an antibiotic now. We're hoping she starts feeling better soon, because today is Timothy's 3rd birthday and we're planning on going to the park today to celebrate. Yesterday was the first day of school, and it went really well. It's always so nice at the beginning--everyone is excited and they do their work. We were done before noon (which was good, since we had a doctor appointment at 2:00!) Even Sarah, as miserable as she was, did school too because she wasn't going to miss out. It's also nice at the start of the school year because all the supplies are brand new and we actually know where everything is. If the instructions say to color the flower red, no one has to hunt under couch cushions in hope of finding a red crayon. They are still in the box, never been used. I bought fifteen boxes this year, so hopefully they'll last long enough. I'm not sure if I got enough pencils or tape, though. This morning we woke up early to see the lunar eclipse. I don't generally like to get up early, but it was worth it to see that. I've never seen a total lunar eclipse before. It was nice that it was close enough to the time we get up anyway that I didn't have to miss too much sleep. We woke up Jay, Joy, and Abby, too. Sarah we figured didn't need to be out in the night air with an ear infection. It took a bit of convincing to keep the kids from looking at the moon, saying, "oh, nice" and then returning to bed. I told Jay that he'd better show some interest or we were going to seriously rethink sending him to college to be a scientist like he says he wants to be.