Moooooooon

Gabrielle has a fascination with the moon. She just might be an astronaut. Recently, every waking hour she asks to see the moon - whether it be dawn, mid-day or dusk, she points outside or runs to the window or door and asks for the "mooooooooon". It is hard to explain that clouds get in the way, or that a new moon is difficult to see, or that the moon will only rise at 11pm and mama won't be waking you up to see the moon...but she is a good sport about it nonetheless. We try to distract her with photos of the moon from books...I think we need to find some new ones - with real photos of the moon. Perhaps we need to purchase the "Earth" DVD's and watch the moon over and over...or we could watch certain scenes from Apolo 13.

When G wants to see the moon, she pulls her "moon blanket" from the sofa, drops it at our feet and firmly demands "moooooon, peeeeeeeze" while signing for both. Hard to deny...we wrap her up and take her outside to look for the moon. We haven't seen the moon in over 10 days, but still, she asks. Such determination...I think we're in trouble.