Total Eclipse of the Mind

You know what hasn't had nearly enough words dedicated to it? The eclipse! Except, the opposite of that because HOOBOY HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY? That said, I do love beating a dead horse, so I'm going to throw some more words at the great solar eclipse of 2017.

Mostly because I want documentation for how the girls went about their days.

Mila, Miss Mila. Miss Mila spent the eclipse not napping. To know her is to know that she really loves her afternoon nap. She's very willing to let our friends at daycare get paid for two hours for doing absolutely nothing except handing her a blanket and staying out of her way. I'm not sure what transpired that caused her to skip her favorite part of the day, but I most certainly picked up the pieces later. Did you know that a Mila that was awakened for gymnastics is a REALLY angry Mila?

So angry.

But, you know, maybe don't fall asleep on your way to your favorite place? I think that's a good philosophy.

Anyway, while it was a little darker than usual during nap time, Mila didn't nap and she has a very long list of regrets to write down before she goes to sleep today.

Alexis, on the other hand, maintained her usual sleeping habits and was wide awake (and happy about it!) for the eclipse. She was also ridiculously equipped for viewing the eclipse because sometimes being the parent rules. It definitely rules when you send your 11-year old a link and say, "Make one." 

There was some fighting about that assignment. Mostly Alexis was annoyed I demanded she do something useful, but she was also annoyed that I asked her to do something useful on the last day of summer break. Apparently she thought she would spend the entire day eating bon-bons and dreaming about Shawn Mendes. Instead, she spent it making her own solar eclipse glasses and a projector and I don't even know what else. She went from whining endlessly that I wanted her to participate in educational tasks to searching every website everywhere for more educational tasks.

I'm not writing this out so I can remind her that I owe her an "I told you so." I'm writing it out so I can say I TOLD YOU SO, ALEXIS.

Since whining endlessly that "eclipses are dumb anyway" and "I'm not doing any of that," Alexis had a change of heart. There has been video watching, a giant pile of science projects, and endless talk about the eclipse.

Because it's cool. Didn't you know that? "Eclipses are the coolest, mom."

So there you have it.