Star Gazing

Tonight I looked at hundreds of stars twinkling above me. I saw the sun and moon move across the night sky in a slow but hypnotic motion. The temperature was a warm 70 degrees and a little bit stuffy. Where was I? I was at the wonderful Juneau Planetarium. Juneau's Planetarium is the ONLY one in Alaska. It has been running for about 40 years in the Marie Drake building. The admission is free and all the workers are volunteers. Right now there are two scientists that work the giant star machine. You can tell they love their jobs and get a kick out of teaching people about the Universe. My family has been going to the shows for two months. We have enjoyed the presentations and have learned a great deal. Ian is totally in love with all things having to do with astronomy. He HAS to go to the shows and will talk about the future shows throughout the month. He wants to help out with running the machine and wants to ask questions about everything. Ian's love for science is great....so we will do anything and everything to help him learn about the Universe.


Tonight's show was about The Earth Without the Moon. It was fantastic! We saw pictures and slides with the earth covered in water. We learned about the stages the moon goes through and what it does to the tides. Did you know Easter would not exist without the moon? Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox..We found out it would have to be a set day if we didn't have a moon. Hahahaha. All in all we had a great time and can not wait until the next one at the end of November.

Puzzling Questions

I have TONS of questions that need answering in my life. I have pondered these questions so often that I am kinda going insane... Maybe you guys can help?

1) Where do all the spoons go in my house?
2) Why does my son love to run around the house naked after his shower?
3) How can I tell Sashi it isn't nice to kick Ian in the nads?
4) WHERE are all the spoons in my house??
5) Why does my son spray toothpaste all over the mirror, in the bathroom, when he spits?
6) How can I tell Sashi I don't understand whine?
7) WHERE ARE ALL MY SPOONS???
8) Why does Ian hide all of his dirty socks?
9) How can I tell Sashi it is OK to be wrong?
10) Where the HECK are all of the spoons in my house?!?

Please I need help...please.

Hanna Love

I have fallen in love with a online store called Hanna Andersson. This site has the cutest dresses for little girls. The styles are adorable and the dresses are made with wonderful materials that do not wear out. I love how the dresses are fun and and age appropriate. A little girl of 7 can look like a little girl of seven and not like a prosta-tot waiting to do her next trick. I enjoy how the dresses have sleeves. You would be amazed how hard it is to find dresses with some sort of sleeve on them. I do not think a child needs to have long sleeves on all the time, but I do like a child to have some sort of short sleeve on. Sleeves give freedom of movement without having a dress fall off while in play. Sleeves also provide warmth which is much needed in the climate that I live in...who puts a child in a dress without sleeves in 40 degree weather? Fred Meyers thinks you should. Why do stores in Juneau have flimsy, non-sleeved clothes? Most of Hanna Andersson's dresses have sleeves of some sort.
Sashi ADORES Hanna dresses because they are soft and are very girly looking. She just got a dress through the mail that twirls when she spins. Sashi had a conversation with her brother the day she got the dress.

*Sashi twirling in the living room with her new dress on*
Ian: Sashi I can see your underwear.
Sashi: That's because it is a good dress!

Sashi would get all the dresses in the catalog if she could have her way. Tonight she was showing me all the dresses that she wanted. Most of the dresses she picked out were lovely...here are some of her favorites: