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A leg up

My dad just finished this elaborate step-stool for the kids. You can see more about “learning towers” at this Google search. The idea is that now that they are intensely curious about what’s going on at counter height, and desperately want to crack the eggs for the pancakes and mix the batter and look at…
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Rocketman

After Midway, Eleanor fell asleep in the car almost immediately. Henry stayed up to play with his rocketship. He’ll be too big one day for this sort of thing, so I couldn’t resist letting him stay up. I actually fell asleep before he did, and woke up awhile later with him snuggled next to me,…
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Overheard from upstairs
Overheard from upstairs: “I’m a rocketship. My name is Rocketship the Brave.”
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Air travel

Check out this sweet airplane I’ve been flying all morning. Went to Saturn and almost crashed into: * a mountain * some bushes * the biggest biggest biggest cloud. We underwent some repairs, got some gas at the gas station and safely returned home. Next stop: Pony Land.







