Out of This World

I was just commenting to a friend the other day that our lives now revolve around outer space. It really seems like everything is about outer space, astronauts, storm troopers, space shuttles, and robot arms around here. We have a future rocket scientist/astronaut/pilot living with us. And believe me we hear all about it everyday. Last week Lennox asked mama how I could help him grow up. I asked why and he said it was because he needed to know how to grow up to be an astronaut. I told him I wasn't ready for him to grow up just yet and he said "But I don't know how mama. How do I grow up so I can be an astronaut." Of course I told him he was my baby, but that he needed to study science and outer space and do a good job in school :) So I have compiled a few pictures to illustrate the "out of this world" nature of our lives lately.

Point #1

Watching Star Wars is not nearly as much fun as playing with your Storm Trooper right at the exact moment there are Storm Troopers on the screen, or Darth Vader or R2D2. (our tv got hit by lightning and Lennox is suffering it out with the little DVD player).

Point #2

What else would you name a new cat but Jupiter.

Point #3

Aliens and a NASA hat make the perfect evening. And Lennox knows how to read NASA. So we officially have a few words down. And our vocabulary currently includes: crater, moon rock, moon rover, robot arm, aviation, and a bunch of other astronaut related words. "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" is a new fun phrase. And what else is an Uncrustable sandwich but a space ship. 

Point #4

When you can't get a real rocket ship, make one, scoot it around on the floor, countdown, blast off, shake the box around, and pretend like you are floating around in the space ship weightless. And do it all while wearing the NASA hat and looking like the biggest boy ever!