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 …
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More Than We Bargained For
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 …
Seasons
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 …
Italy Adventure
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 …
Symposium in the Rain
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 …
Parenting and Personality
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 …
Opening a Fancy Gold-Plated Parasol in Space
Here it is! A guest post from the resident rocket scientist himself. Jonathan, my husband, mechanical engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, giving you all a glimpse of the crowning glory moment of a spacecraft. Five weeks ago began the most exciting, nail biting, 48-hour period I've had to date in my career at JPL. I was …
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RainCube
As my boys fill the room with the sounds of rockets and space shuttles blasting off and the chatter of missions to explore outer space, I get to tell you all about my super-cool, rocket-scientist husband's contribution to the array of spacecraft orbiting our little planet high above us all down here on the surface. …
New Routines
Eddie's school adventure is off to a great start! This week he went from nerves and apprehension Monday morning to the gushing report, "I like school!" when I picked him up that afternoon. He was eager to help me fill out the forms sent home by his teacher, insisted so adamantly in fact, I ended …
Underwater Volcano
We're coming up on a year of chronicling the fun we have and also holding myself accountable to sprinkle our everyday with adventures and learning while fostering curiosity and creativity in these rocket babies of mine. A year! It's been great! One of the best things I've ever done, hands down. I treasure these journals …
Launching Rocket Babies 