Last Christmas one of the kids got a telescope. Since then we have been watching the sky and learning about astronomy.
With the Perseid meteor shower peaking this weekend, we decided to go out tonight for a look. We live in a housing development and it is not completely dark. There are street lights and a few houses with outside lights. Everyone was still able to see a few spectacular traces of light before we came in for the night.
At this point we are debating getting up at 4am to see the shower at its peak. That might be a little too early for me.