My beautiful daughter, Quetzalli, began to discover Astronomy this last week. It all began with the total lunar eclipse last Thursday night, February 21, 2008. Mommy and me pointed Quetzalli where the Moon was. At first, she ignored the moon, as usual. Ever since she was born, she had been ignoring all things celestial. The moon, the clouds, the stars; they were of no importance to Quetzalli.
But we kept pointing towards the eclipsing Moon just outside of Long John Silver’s. After dinning, we went out to see how the lunar eclipse was going. And again, I pointed towards the Moon. She started to stare at it, and turned down to Earth. Quetzalli noticed we had our eyes fixated at the Moon, so she turned her little head up, and pointed the Moon.
Since that eclipse night, she’s been looking and pointing at the Moon. If we are at the car on the freeway, and the moon pops-up, she’ll start babbling all excited towards the Moon. Mommy explains to Quetzalli that it is the Moon. Quetzalli gets all hyper over the moon, and starts to force us to see the Moon as well.
Yesterday, the Moon was late to appear on the night sky. Quetzalli was looking for the Moon all over the sky. She asks us where the Moon is. She points as if the Moons will pop out of a cosmic hide-out. No Moon. So mommy offered Quetzalli a repertoire of small but never-failing stars. Quetzalli stared at Orion and neighboring constellations. For a moment she seemed to not be convinced. But she keeps looking at the stars, and finally she points them all excited.
Quetzalli has learned many new things about this world, or should I say, from out of this world. She not only discovered the Moon. But also, Quetzalli found that whenever there is no Moon, you will have stars to see.
But we kept pointing towards the eclipsing Moon just outside of Long John Silver’s. After dinning, we went out to see how the lunar eclipse was going. And again, I pointed towards the Moon. She started to stare at it, and turned down to Earth. Quetzalli noticed we had our eyes fixated at the Moon, so she turned her little head up, and pointed the Moon.
Since that eclipse night, she’s been looking and pointing at the Moon. If we are at the car on the freeway, and the moon pops-up, she’ll start babbling all excited towards the Moon. Mommy explains to Quetzalli that it is the Moon. Quetzalli gets all hyper over the moon, and starts to force us to see the Moon as well.
Yesterday, the Moon was late to appear on the night sky. Quetzalli was looking for the Moon all over the sky. She asks us where the Moon is. She points as if the Moons will pop out of a cosmic hide-out. No Moon. So mommy offered Quetzalli a repertoire of small but never-failing stars. Quetzalli stared at Orion and neighboring constellations. For a moment she seemed to not be convinced. But she keeps looking at the stars, and finally she points them all excited.
Quetzalli has learned many new things about this world, or should I say, from out of this world. She not only discovered the Moon. But also, Quetzalli found that whenever there is no Moon, you will have stars to see.
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