Ethan and Ann Marie are doing a research paper for their writing class with Aunt Theresa. Ethan chose NASA as his topic. We found a great documentary by the Discovery Channel called "When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions". Everyone has learned so much about the history of NASA and space exploration! I love it when the kids learn and they don't even know it!
Drawings of men on the moon, rockets, space shuttles, and the earth rising above the moon are appearing all over the house! Paper tube rockets and space shuttles are decorating each shelf! Kailee, Alyssum, and Adams were also very creative and found astronaut costumes...
Ethan rediscovered the rockets that were in his closet which sparked an interest in everyone to blast off rockets! Ethan and Tyler cruised through the Estes rockets website to see what they could find. We made a quick trip to Anchorage this week and while we were there made a stop at the hobby shop to load up on rockets and engines for everyone. Friday night movie was ousted by building rockets...
Steve has had alot of fun helping the kids, big and little, with their rockets. He takes a trip down memory lane as he tells them stories of his rockets!
Launch day was set for today, Saturday! A snowy muskeg works great as a launch area...5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF!!
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