a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by Cedar
Cedar  ·  3215 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 10, 2016

I'm pretty happy today, for the first time I've seen the ISS flyover, I've been waiting ages but usually it's cloudy or I forget. So I rushed the boys outside in their coats and wellies for 5 minutes and we spotted it, almost as bright as the moon it really shone - wow!

The eldest didn't quite get it until I explained that a British astronaut is up there [blank face] and his name is Tim [huge grin and excitement]. I think having a standard name made it seem either a bit more relatable -- or perhaps he thought a kids story had come true... We'll see. I'm hoping to get a shoutout for the boys and show them some videos of Tim in space.

They've never been interested before but I think this has cracked it!