Parenting is not rocket science, but this is one not-technical mama's experiment in raising curious, adventuresome explorers.
Anyone else get stuck sometimes? The afternoon can sometimes seem so long. Anyone else's kid say things like, "Mo-om, what can I do?" Utterly bored, but then refuse all suggestions of fun activities? Here's the latest trick that's working for us: I start doing something. Maybe it's pulling out the train track and just starting …
Someone recently lamented to me how they've never had the glorious free time afforded by a maternity/paternity leave. First of all, HAH! While yes, 6 weeks without the daily grind of the nine to five sounds like nothing but time for all those extra tasks around the house or a nice vacation, the truth is …
Someone gave us one of those easy reader books, the ones with large print and simple sentences about subject matter which might appeal to a five or six year old learning to read. I'm all about encouraging kids to read, but the topics are what get me. Some of them are great. Then there are …
Announcing, da da da daaaaaaaa: Our dear, sweet rocket baby number 3: Apollo or "Ollie" as he's affectionately called around here. Yes, we named our child Apollo. Yes, it may just be the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission when humans walked on the moon. Yes, we may have drunk too much NASA kool-aid. …
Rocket Baby #3 will be making his debut soon, and this was just too good not to share. Here's what our resident rocket scientist sent his coworkers about his upcoming paternity leave: "As I’ve mentioned to many of you, my wife and I are expecting our third at the beginning of February, so I wanted …
Funny story. The last day exploring Rome, last day of a long, full trip, we went to Aqueduct Park just outside Rome. We had a few hours to spend before our "big" adventure to the Vatican and Castel St. Angelo that afternoon, so it sounded like a low key adventure to spend the time wandering …
It's been a busy season around here. I'll spare the details, but suffice it to say, combined with my low energy/pregnant state, I'm sorry to say this little corner of everyday adventures has fallen a bit by the wayside. Don't get me wrong, things are still happening, but I miss chronicling them, documenting them, all …
Adventuring. I just looked it up and the dictionary says: (verb) engage in hazardous and exciting activity, especially the exploration of unknown territory. Sounds about right when describing our latest trip. Notice, I did not say vacation. I said trip. Vacation implies relaxation which is hard to do when you lug 2 young kids and another …
Last week the whole family got to tag along with our rocket scientist to the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts. Jonathan was presenting an update on the mechanical rover for extreme environments, like Venus, where traditional electronics can't take the heat, literally. When he first won funding from NASA for this …
If you're like me and tend toward conflict avoidance, you know, people's distress causes you serious stress, then can we just acknowledge for a minute how this makes parenting hard sometimes? Sure, I get it. I have to teach my kid good behavior. This includes, from time to time, reprimanding bad behavior or sticking to …
