Today is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the original moon landing. It’s so interesting to hear people reminisce about where they were and how they felt when the astronauts spoke from the moon. It really was a “giant step.” It’s amazing how much time has passed and how much has changed in those 40 years.

It’s funny, some things never change…which is a good thing. Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd first published the classic book “Goodnight Moon” in 1947. 62 years later, it is still pretty much every young child’s favorite bedtime story. More recently, the amazing game makers at Briarpatch, turned the book into a terrific first game. To play the Goodnight Moon Game, beginning players match identical pictures. With six ways to play, the game adapts for different skill levels. It promotes visual, matching and manual dexterity skills. This was one of the first games Benjamin ever received. It was given to him as a gift from a classmate for his 3rd birthday. We played this together many times as a family.

Now that he’s 5, Benjamin is a few years past the Goodnight Moon book and the game. He still loves to do things together as a family so tonight we are going to watch the news together. I’m excited for Benjamin to see some of the original moon landing footage. James vividly remembers watching it (live) with his parents, when he was 5 too!

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