Parenting is not rocket science, but this is one not-technical mama's experiment in raising curious, adventuresome explorers.
The other day we hung out at a local park with some friends. It featured the fun play structure, as you'd expect, but also delightfully displayed all there is to love about southern California in February. It was gloriously warm, but not too hot. The sprawling green grass of the large park, the shady wooded …
I remember my dad was always doing a house project. Still is. Most of my growing up years were spent in a large, old house, and my dad poured a lot of sweat and energy into fixing it up. My mom into coming behind with the shop vac. While I wasn't too involved (my brothers …
Did I mention we're hanging out in some pretty cold weather these days? Brrrr! Well, the rocket scientist and I were supposed to be making our escape, headed to Florida for a work conference of his (SciTech, you know, a bunch of scientists, engineers and technologists talking about their projects). A little ice disrupted our …
Taking a leap here. First, I'm not super good at crafts. Second, I'm pretty clueless about coding. I do know it's computer language and a bunch of 1's and 0's, but that's about it. But Technology is the T in STEM, so here we go! I'm learning along with my little guy on this one, …
"Metric system, international decimal system of weights and measures, based on the metre for length and the kilogram for mass, that was adopted in France in 1795 and is now used officially in almost all countries." (source) Did you catch that? "Used officially in almost all countries." We here in the U.S. are the almost. All over …
When the rocket scientist has to work over the weekend at a spacecraft vendor about an hour away, we go along for the fun! A hotel with a swimming pool and free breakfast helps seal the deal. We didn't get to go along to see the satellite undergoing testing, but it happened to be down …
Last month we got to travel back to the mid-west, where most of our immediate family lives. It was a treat to be there as fall was beginning to show signs of its beautiful arrival: the leaves starting to yellow and redden, golden fields, a little crispness in the air. While we're spoiled in the …
Launching Rocket Babies 