Two weekends ago the weather was nice and we went out with the kids’ new stomp rocket. A stomp rocket is a little tube for the rocket with a bit of foam at the end(example here), and you jump on a this sort of a bladder. The air being pushed out of the bladder pushes the rocket up in the air. The explanation loses some of the fun of it. The kids had a blast shooting it up into the air. They would jump on or have us lift them up to jump down on it. WE got in on as well. IT was great running and chasing after them. Liam enjoyed the spectacle as well. He is very inquisitive now, sitting up and looking at everything.
Last Friday I got to go with McKelvey on her class trip to the Virginia Safari Park. As always it was great. This trip was different, since we had a guide talking to us about the animals and we rode on the wagon. We got to feed the bison, camels, kangaroos, as well as the potbellied pigs. Click here for McKelvey’s imitation of feeding the bison.
Then this past saturday, we went to The Udvar-Hazy Air and Space center. It is part of the Smithsonian. It’s in a old aircraft hangar and it houses a ton(or many tons) of historic aircraft and spacecraft. They had planes from the beginning of flight, as well as an SR71 Blackbird and a Concorde. Some of the cooler stuff is a retired Spaceshuttle (another pic here) and the Enola Gay (which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima). Another plane that brought up fond memories of youth was the Corsair which just made me think of the Black Sheep squadron TV show.
Also last week, McKelvey officially became a Brownie, She is tickled pink and is having fun with it. Since this is pseudo Girls Scouts, we might be hitting you up with sales of cookies and things.
I’ll have more next week.
