Well, the cow didn't jump over the moon, but I felt like I did. I started with a leap out of bed to get a bit of 'me' time before the routine of boys, breakfast, & school. Then I found 8 cups of apple pulp in my refrigerator that needed to be made into my last of 'this round' apple butter...yes, while still homeschooling. Then after I finished my 7 pints of apple butter, 4 more loads of laundry to fold/put away....I realized it was 1:oo p.m. and ..."MOM!....I'm hungry!"...oh, yeah, lunch time! Another round of food and dishes....threw another load of laundry in and onto our last subject.....Spelling....2:00pm and it is time to mow the lawn! Yippee!!! While that wasn't enough...I believe some of my 3rd planting of sweetcorn is READY...So, Drew who was wanting to mow a little...took over for me....so I could pick, shuck, and cook about 2 quarts, because I wanted to see how LONG it could wait....finished that up and cleaned that mess...then, as if I should of sat down a bit...but ..NO...I decided to start on some pear butter?....Drew still mowing....until I was good and in the middle of pears...decided...he was done! So, set aside my pears shut off the burner...and outside to finish the lawn.....I felt very accomplished, because the lawn was DONE...can you say "Yippee!" three times? Back inside to work on the pears.....oh, my it's almost 7:00 p.m.......switch laundry.....more to fold and put away....it is DINNER time. Grill some burgers, have some sweet corn...more dishes....clean up mess....mill the pears....which actually turned out to be over 16 cups of pear pulp and juice! Tomorrow I will finish that pear butter.....just when I think ...maybe it is time to settle down...."MOM...the MOON, it's a FULL MOON!!!! It's so cool, it is a new moon...can we get the telescope out? Well, why not? So, at around 9:15 pm now, we go outside and take in the awesome closeup sight of the moon. Review some our Science facts that we learned last week....
* Crater = a bowl-shaped hole on the surface of the moon
* phase = one of the different shapes in the monthly cycle of the moon
*ray = one of the lines extending out from a crater
*satellite= a heavenly body in orbit around a planet
*sea = one of the smooth, dark areas on the surface of the moon
*tide= the rise or fall of the ocean surface becasue of the gravity of the moon
Hard to believe the something that is 239,000 miles away can be seen so up close and personal. Well, we took it in and saw the rays from the craters, the texture of the moon from its sides, and saw that it was our brilliant 'nightlight' that God sat in the sky...time for bed! So, without further delay.....we headed to off to showers and the land of nod thinking again how miniscule we really are at times.....and I may not of leaped over the moon, but my day was from one leap to another...and a great finish!
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