Parenting is not rocket science, but this is one not-technical mama's experiment in raising curious, adventuresome explorers.
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 …
Remember how this was the thrilling birthday gift? And Eddie, though not the birthday boy, was pretty pleased, to say the least. It's as tall as him (1 meter). And he is over the moon (pun intended). As he helped build the LEGO set, he had so many questions for Dad about the Saturn V rocket: …
Our very own resident rocket scientist celebrates a milestone birthday! 30. So significant. A new decade. Fraught with lots of feels. First, excitement. He's still a kid at heart, completely and totally thrilled with this birthday gift: The tallest LEGO set to date, guys, it's a rocket. Specifically, the Saturn V, the crazy cool machine …
Here's how we partied it up New Year's Eve: Home Depot run. (Relax, we went to McDonald's afterword. Wait, that's not a New Year's Eve hotspot either?!) I have a love-hate relationship with big-box, do-it-yourself stores. Really, it's more hate than love, but for the sake of an interesting read, let's put on our rose-colored, …
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 …
I've spent the last few days at a extravagantly lovely resort in Central Florida. Not because I found myself in need of warmer weather, but accompanying my rocket-scientist husband to a large technology conference: SciTech. This isn't my first rodeo. We married when my husband was in grad school, and literally came back from our …
We find ourselves in the very frigid Midwest visiting our families in the small towns where my husband and I grew up. We try to avoid traveling "home" during the cold winter months, but with a family wedding this weekend, it was unavoidable. I'll admit, it was kind of novel getting off the plane to …
We happen to live very close to the location of a national treasure New Year tradition: the Pasadena Rose Parade. I know, lucky ducks! The parade began years ago, 1890 in fact, in celebration of Southern California's beautiful weather. While much of the country is often buried under a blanket of snow (and we're all …
Family holiday traditions are the best. Anytime you hear yourself or others saying "we always..." you know you've got a tradition. Because really, we always eat shrimp or we always woke Mom and Dad up at 5 am or we always went to some location, actually means you did it, not every day of every year, or even every year at a …
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, …
Launching Rocket Babies 