Star Gazing

What is the most relaxing thing you've done lately?

Last night my little boy came up with the best idea ever. We were sitting at the dinner table eating, when he said, "Are we gonna lay down on the ground and look at the stars tonight? Daddy said we would..." Huh? Where'd he get that idea from? Martin answered, "Oh yeah, I told you we would." I asked Martin if that was his idea, he said- no, Mason came up with it all on his own. So, I asked Mason the obvious... "Oh, did you see that on TV or something?" "No," he said, "I just used my brain, and thought about it."

And so, after we put Coen to bed, we grabbed the outside blanket, the cd player- we felt that some music from the Romantic period would be appropriate, and headed outside. The citronella candle did a pretty good job of keeping the bugs away- I haven't found any bites yet, today. But, we just sprawled out, and took turns "finding stars" as the sun went down to the west. Of course we used the opportunity to give a science lesson, and talk about how the earth spins, and how stars become stars... all the usual.

But over and over again, Martin and I kept saying to Mason- "This was such a GREAT idea! Why didn't WE think of it?" One of the many things we take for granted, I guess.

Hopefully, that'll be a nice memory for Mason. It was for us.