Eclipse Fun

In our area at least, the Eclipse totally lived up to the hype. We had a great time with friends and ended up staying out from beginning through totality, with the exception of me taking Norah inside and putting her down for a nap. I really thought we'd go out and see it start then head into air conditioning for over hour to wait until totality but we spent the whole time doing our nature study thing - pinhole projectors, cameras, recording our observations, noticing the shadows, watching the temperature drop, debating which batman is the real batman (you'll see down below).  Who needs A/C?!

C getting ready for his live feed updates. 

Showcasing the newest in eclipse fashion gear

Norah getting tired and confused as to what everyone is doing. This was about the time I put her down for a nap. 

A picture of a chair? Or neat shadows!

The kid's nature journals from the beginning. I love Jonah's tiny eclipse "bite." These are going in their scrapbooks for sure!

Dueling batmans!

The picture above was taken 4 minutes before the picture below. 

And then I put the camera away and enjoyed my totality experience. It was amazing. We had a huge panoramic view of the sunset from the top of Neighbor J's hill and were right up against the woods so we heard the crickets (cicada's) make noise about 10 minutes before totality and then got to laugh at the rooster for crowing and crowing once the sun came back. He was doing his job!

Me and my eclipse loving guy!