Friday, August 25, 2017

The 2017 Solar Eclipse


As with the rest of the country, the eclipse was a big hit in our house.  Evelyn class talked about it in the week leading up to the eclipse.  Pat and I realized too late that we should have gotten glasses way ahead of time because everyone was out of stock and, if a place did have them, the upcharge was ridiculous.  Evelyn’s school purchased glasses for each of the children in her class so that they could watch the eclipse.  They attached paper plates (that the kids got to decorate) to the outside so that the kids couldn’t look around the glasses.  They also incorporated the eclipse in to the lesson plan.  I’m pretty sure Evie knew more about what was happening than we did!  She was very excited to witness such a cool event and from the looks of the pictures, all of the kids had a great time!






I ended up getting to see the eclipse at work because my co-workers were kind enough to let me look through their glasses.  Pat and Mitch were able to catch the tail end of it using Evie’s glasses when he picked her up from school. 

All in all, it was a neat experience! 

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