Oh, I was so pleased last night! I think I've mentioned here before that I really hope one of my children shares my rather neglected interest in the stars. Shortly after I put Cole to bed, Accalia said, "Let's go outside and look at the stars!" Her interest has been peaked by, of all things, her new Barbie of Swan Lake DVD. The game on the DVD is matching constellations, and she just loved doing that and hearing the stories behind the constellations. Well, it's kind of hard to get a full view of the sky since we live in town and parts of our view are obstructed by the large and still leafy neighborhood trees. And I wondered if Accalia would even be able to see the constellations when I pointed them out. We were successful with Cassiopeia. She was pretty happy to see and hear about the beautiful queen.

Now Accalia wants me to find a book about constellations, so I'm going to have to do a little searching. I have a feeling we'll be playing lots of astronomy games online today.