Chess and ice cream

Yesterday, Jaxon scored!!! And to celebrate, we had dinner at Sushi Station with dessert at Oberweis. 

Blood Moon

I love that you all love science. After talking last night with Jaiden about the Blood Moon/Lunar eclipse, I woke up at 5am. Watch Jaiden gasp with excitement and seeing Jaxon jump out of bed to see it made me happy today. 

Shooting Stars and hot chocolate

At 5:30, I woke up, but forced myself back to sleep...at 5:50, I was startled awake by quiet "MOMMY!" And Jaxon's face next to me. It was the Orionids meteor shower and we had great clear morning skies to catch a few shooting stars. I'd never seen one and as much as Jaxon scared the crap out of me, it was so endearing to see him wake up the whole house so we could all experience it together. So in the dark of this chilly 42 degree morning, we wandered out side and saw 2 shooting stars and 2 quickly moving "stars". We used my app to identify constellation and when the sky lightened and the stars dimmed, we went inside for hot chocolate. That's what made me happy today.