We blasted off into space for the last month or so. We can locate planets in the night sky, give fascinating details about each of our planets and recognize why Earth is the only one that has life. We had so much fun. Learning together as a family is priceless.
Mercury. . .
Venus. . .
Earth. . .
Mars. . .
Jupiter. . .
Saturn. . .
Uranus. . .
Neptune. . .
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| Couldn't quite get it all in the picture. |
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| Astronaut ice cream. Yummy! |
To finish our study of the solar system, we headed to the Air and Space Smithsonian outside of DC. It was so much better than we expected. We got to see the Discovery shuttle in person! To top it off, Tom Jones, a real astronaut who has taken multiple rides into space, gave a fascinating talk. The girls loved his various home videos of space flight and Savannah got to ask him a question during the Q&A session. We had an absolute blast.
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| Meteorite |
Sadly, this is one of the only pictures I have of Lila.
Ahh, the real deal (the gloves and boots). Much heavier than the orange dress up suit.
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| A favorite! |
Another favorite! They even had the astronaut underwear that has tubing for water which heats or cools astronauts.
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| Grammy came too! |
She talks the talk but was a bit nervous when standing next to the giant
shuttle. Sensory issues still have an ugly grip on my girl.
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| Listening to Astronaut Tom. |
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| Looking out the control tower where we got to see planes land at Dulles. |
If you have a chance, go see it. You won't be disappointed!
Next up. . . zoo animals.
