I hate all children except my own.
The meeting was less than a stellar success. My co-leader for tonight was also the cookie mom, so she had to load cookies into peoples cars, which meant I had to run it alone. The girls blew through the conversational lesson very quickly and with little attention. In fairness, I had very little for them to do besides talk and make a few faces, and I didn’t factor our three chatterbugs into this. They’re charming girls, but if there’s one thing those spirited little pixies don’t need, it’s tips on how to strike up a conversation.
The best part was coming out afterwards. The girls helped clean up some, in the scattershot way that seven-year-olds do, and I didn’t press it as much as I should have. I wound up cleaning up heaps of glitter, so we got out about 7:15. It was dark.
Emily looked up and said, “What are those dots?”
“Those are stars!” I said, “Look, there’s the constellation Orion!”
“What does it look like?”
“You see those four stars, with the line of three stars in the middle? The three stars are Orion’s belt, and the constellation is Orion, Orion the hunter. People think he looks like a hunter, hunting other constellations across the sky.”
“…Orion…”
She kept looking, to the point that she tripped a little as we were walking because she couldn’t take her eyes off the sky. So we stopped and watched for a while. We looked again at home. She was really interested. It was very nice.
I’m really wiped, and may not go to knitting tonight. We’ll see after she goes to bed.
Hey, she might like the thing we got Wes for Christmas. It’s called Moon In My Room. It’s a moon that attaches to the wall. Then when you turn it on, it can cycle through a standard lunar cycle (takes it about 30 seconds to do an entire cycle.) It seems simple, but it’s had our entire family fascinated on many an occasion.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1171518935/ref=sr_1_1/602-8635913-8212625?ie=UTF8&asin=B000EUHKUE
Hey, she might like the thing we got Wes for Christmas. It’s called Moon In My Room. It’s a moon that attaches to the wall. Then when you turn it on, it can cycle through a standard lunar cycle (takes it about 30 seconds to do an entire cycle.) It seems simple, but it’s had our entire family fascinated on many an occasion.
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1171518935/ref=sr_1_1/602-8635913-8212625?ie=UTF8&asin=B000EUHKUE
Kids. Gotta love ’em. (The Brownies, not Emily. Emily, you GET to love.) You sound like you’re doing a pretty damn good job, actually, both with the Brownies and Em. Proud o’ you, lady. [hugs]
Kids. Gotta love ’em. (The Brownies, not Emily. Emily, you GET to love.) You sound like you’re doing a pretty damn good job, actually, both with the Brownies and Em. Proud o’ you, lady. [hugs]
I <3 Orion. My favorite constellation. Easy to spot, seems to resemble (sort of) what it's supposed to represent, just plain nifty.
I was somewhat disappointed that, when I found some info on “forgotten”/older astrological signs, that Orion wasn’t mine. Not that I put much stock in it, but it woulda been nifty, anyhow.
I <3 Orion. My favorite constellation. Easy to spot, seems to resemble (sort of) what it's supposed to represent, just plain nifty.
I was somewhat disappointed that, when I found some info on “forgotten”/older astrological signs, that Orion wasn’t mine. Not that I put much stock in it, but it woulda been nifty, anyhow.
Me too me too me too!
I was totally going to respond with a “Orion is my favorite!”…and you beat me. ::G::
Late summer/early fall, Orion rises at one end of my porch and he just dominates that part of the sky. The yard light I have blocks out a lot of the other stuff, but Orion is very clearly visible. I’ll sit out there and just watch him climb overhead for hours at a time.
Me too me too me too!
I was totally going to respond with a “Orion is my favorite!”…and you beat me. ::G::
Late summer/early fall, Orion rises at one end of my porch and he just dominates that part of the sky. The yard light I have blocks out a lot of the other stuff, but Orion is very clearly visible. I’ll sit out there and just watch him climb overhead for hours at a time.
Re: Me too me too me too!
Yep…that’s part of the appeal. It’s big enough and distinct enough to be easily recognizable AND isn’t drowned out by lights. Wunnerful stuff.
Re: Me too me too me too!
Yep…that’s part of the appeal. It’s big enough and distinct enough to be easily recognizable AND isn’t drowned out by lights. Wunnerful stuff.