"Hurry Mama, before the Lion gets out!"

Night before last the Draconid meteor shower was scheduled to sweep across the United States just after sunset. The name comes from the way the meteors appear to emanate from the northern constellation Draco the Dragon, which sits just above the Little Dipper in the night sky. We waited until 8:30 p.m. and saw nothing and went out again at 9 p.m., Creed poised steady on Daddy's shoulders peering at the night sky. We watched eagerly looking for signs of something spectacular. Creed and Daddy saw a shooting star at the same time and Creed said, "Look, a shooting star!" That was the one and only one seen. We started singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, when Creed burst into the ABC song. He's never sang independently before and it was a joy to hear. We clapped in enthusiasm after the sporadic performance.

Bon Appetit, Tiger
Meatball perfection

Shape recognition
using color of the week

Yesterday Creed was ready to get to work first thing in the morning. We started off with shape recognition, using the color of the week, green, building a docile turtle, adding grass to practice our scissor skills. Again, practicing our scissor skills we created a vibrant tiger, in conjunction with Creation Day 6, animals. He decided the tiger looked hungry and added meatballs to the picture. The curriculum introduces animals for three weeks including zoo animals, farm animals and pets. Then comes creation of man. We had fun banter creating the zoo full of animals. Creed, telling me where the fences must go so the animals wouldn't get out. "Hurry, Mama, before the lion gets out," he would say! We played a game with color and shape recognition flipping through Disney's Mickey the Mouse learning cards and moved onto the Usborne Sticker Book, learning numbers. Next we spelled out the words on the Your Baby Can Read Flashcards. I wasn't sure how he would do with the ABC Dot-to-Dot, but it turned out well. Before I knew it, we had blown through 75% of this weeks curriculum. He didn't want to stop so I just rolled with it. Taking a break for lunch we watched, "Your Baby Can Read" and "Goodnight Gorilla" on DVD. After nap time we headed to a nearby park looking for our shape of the week, square, and color of the week, green. We found many squares on walkway into the park. I forgot how much fun it is to climb the rope netting. I followed Creed across some balance circles that had rope going through the middle and was really impressed. I was struggling to stay on it myself. So much fun! We tried Jason's Deli for the first time and all of us enjoyed it. Great food and great price. Being gluten and lactose intolerant, I was able to eat there with no problems. It's a relief to find eateries where I can go so there's some normalcy.

Usborne Sticker Book fun

Creation Day 6, Animals

Today we both attended the BSF International church classes. Next week the preschool classes will be worshipping with the adults and I can't wait to see how Creed does! Afterwards we met Daddy at the waters edge on the lake, so we could feed the ducks. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed a nice lunch on the pier. The change in the air delightful! We're certainly enjoying fall so far.