Eclipse Training

Eclipse fever has set in pretty solid now, and as you can see above, the kids of Chestatee Elementary School are ready to go.  They had an "Eclipse Drill" this morning, where all the students went outside into their various positions, had a seat, and then didn't look up at the sun.  I do think that everyone is getting glasses on Monday - except Madison, of course.  She has her own glasses already, and she won't even be at school.  Certain schools are not having class that day, which probably makes sense for the ones in the path of the eclipse.  Others are keeping the kids later, and adding insult to injury, keeping them inside.  Madison's school is being a bit more gracious, by keeping kids outside and letting them look up through special glasses.  

We're still working towards Master Builders this weekend, so Daddy was there at the office today for a bit.  And Mommy was at home for a while, fighting the never-ending battle against laundry and ...ants?  Okay, the ant thing is new.  We had a pretty epic all-summer battle last year, and thought we'd won the war when this summer was relatively peaceful on the ant front.  But lo!  Madison left a few significant crumbs beneath her seat at the kitchen table, and the line of ants found their conquest.  It was a swift and sudden conflict, tracing the ant line back to the door and once again engaging in terrible combat to maintain our position in this house.  We'll fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and the streets, we shall fight in the hills;  we shall never surrender! 

Next week, we start ballet.  That's when things start to get busy, busy, busy.  Madison is doing a tiny bit of homework now, and a bit of piano homework as well.  This week, she had a test on the Bill of Rights.

Coincidentally, she'll be hearing about the Civil War soon.  We were waiting to take her to some Civil War monuments until this year, when WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY?  The Civil War - of all things - wants to have a comeback, apparently.  Talk about a left field move this week.  A few amazingly unintelligent moves by one city government, and now everyone is wanting to refight the Civil War again.  Ugh.  

Splitting the country right in half this week is the path of the eclipse.  Kind of symbolic isn't it?