Parenting is not rocket science, but this is one not-technical mama's experiment in raising curious, adventuresome explorers.
Kind of a big deal over here, our very own rocket scientist (Jonathan Sauder *name drop*) was recognized for his ground breaking work on some super cool space stuff. He found out in early July his nomination a few years ago had landed him the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for his …
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In an effort to breath new life into our post-school afternoons, I started something new for Eddie. Now when he gets home from school the first thing he does is check out what's in the "surprise bag". At some point that morning (hey, it's even been in just the few minutes before he comes in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
One morning last week Eddie informed me, "Today we'll be doing a project. With ice!" "Oh, really!" I said, "Cool!" (Haha, see what I did there? He didn't get it.) "Yep! We will see how long it takes ice to melt in the sun." He accompanied this explanation with a slight nod and pursed little …
Our resident rocket scientist (a.k.a. Jonathan, a.k.a. Dad) was recently motivated by a fun conversation with our 4-year-old (a.k.a. Eddie) to order some strong magnets from some online source (cheapmagnets.com or something). I'm pretty sure the idea was to demonstrate how a simple electromagnetic motor works or something like that. When they arrived, Jonathan was …
Launching Rocket Babies 