Kymberli Mulford is the proud mom of a grade-schooler and high-schooler in the Chicago suburbs, and the proud grandmother of her now-grown stepson’s four children. When she’s not shuttling her sons from one activity to another, she works in the world of educational technology – as a district administrator, a learning facilitator, a consultant, and as a blogger at Onionskin. For more of Kymberli’s “mom” posts click here!

Want to do something really cool with your kids tonight, something totally unforgettable — for free?!?

Head out to your favorite spot where you can see the WHOLE sky, and watch the sunset and tonight’s incredible moonrise at the same time. It’s a solstice moon — for the next three days — which means it’s going to look REALLY big!

Here’s the scientific explanation from NASA, in case you have inquisitive minds old enough to understand it.

Oh, doesn’t it remind you of that scene in Moonstruck? You know, the scene with the old couple in the bedroom? He says,

“I never told you this cause it’s not really a story. But one time I woke up in the middle of the night cause this bright light was in my face. Like a flashlight. I couldn’t think of what it was. I looked out the window, and it was the moon! Big as a house! I’ve never seen the moon so big before or since. I was almost scared, like it was gonna crush the house.”

OK, I’m grabbing my Moonpies and a Blue Moon for the event — and my MP3 player with Dean Martin’s “That’s Amore”!

Photo credit: CMG Measure It