Tonight, when I opened the back door, the children bolted outside into a thick, starving cloud of mosquitoes. But that didn’t stop them. They actually didn’t notice them at all until we were coming back into the house and found it odd that I in full niqab was the one trying to run away!

We started a space unit study about a week ago and I promised them that we would  go outside in the dark so that they could do a bit of night watching. Mostly, they viewed the craters in the moon and then ran around in the field (the novelty of being outside at bedtime and all).

I didn’t take the large lens outside tonight as that one also requires the tripod, but here is what we got at 55mm:

We live near an airport, so the children were a bit of confused as they tried to identify the bright lights in the sky. There were five planes and one faintly visible star, :).

I really wanted to purchase a telescope for the children, but I couldn’t decide which would be the best model. After much indecision, I bought binoculars instead. They are good enough to serve our purposes and I got them for $4, AlhamduLILLAH. They are normally $24 but I had a gift card from Sears.  Still, $24 versus $100 isn’t bad and they can be used to watch birds during the day.

Overall, it was a lot of fun taking them outside at a time that most of us are usually inside the home. It was a different experience and I think we may go out a few more times during the week so that we can document any changes that we see. What about you all? Have you or do you plan to get out and view the night sky?

swatting the mosquitoes that we let in,

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