(never a) Wordless Wednesday: Star Light Star Bright

(We're big fans, of The Barenstein Bears, in this house. I grew up reading them, and so will my kids. I read them so many times, in fact, that when we started collecting them, I still remembered many of the phrases from when I read them twenty years ago. "Lizzy Lizzy, in a tizzy"... anybody else remember that one?)

(In one of the books that we gathered most recently, the bear family trades in TV for a night of star gazing. And while we don't watch very much TV anyways, it sounded like a wonderful idea, and so Christopher had told the babies that we could stay up wayyyy past our bedtimes, and do the very same.)

(Its not as if Eleanore has never seen stars before, because she has- its just been summer for so long here in Texas, that the stars seem to have disappeared in her world of 7:00 bed times.)

(As the sky started to dim, after all toys were picked up, Daddy helped the babies to brush their teeth and put on their pajamas, and then we all shuttled out the front door and into the driveway, to wait patiently for- as The Barenstein Bears had put it- "Mother Nature's much bigger special".)



(Come out come out wherever you are, stars...)



(Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight...)



(Wish I may, wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight...)



(The little one didn't quite understand, and was much more comfortable sitting back and relaxing, while his sister jumped around and made up songs about how happy she was to run and play under the twinkling twinkling little stars-)

(And I was happy to hold him.)

(But, as more and more stars woke up, so did the mosquitoes and bats. Before too long, we had to say goodnight to Moon, and tuck each other into bed...)

(Until next time, stars? We'll visit again soon. Cross my heart.)