We never take for granted the great things our kids can see and do here - usually for free - at the many museums. This day was no exception. Will got to wear a real astronaut's glove for a moment and he learned that the mirror in the palm was so that the astronauts can see the front of their spacesuit (because they can't bend their helmets down to see it).
The girls didn't want anything to do with the "scary" spacesuit but if you look very carefully you can see their pink reflections in the visor. Will asked the volunteer why the visor is gold and he learned that gold conducts electricity so the visor could be defogged in space. He also learned that astronauts would velcro a little piece of material inside their helmets to scratch their noses on if they had an itch.
We love "our" Space Shuttle Discovery. Patrick can't believe it's here and that we can go see it whenever we want (which would be every day if the museum wasn't so far from the house). It's so space-worn, and utilitarian, and awesome.
Under the tail of the Discovery, a volunteer was reading a space story to kids so we joined in.
Will really wanted us to take this picture for Pop because this is a Sikorsky helicopter. Cute!
After a nice New Year's Eve dinner out, we tried keeping the kids interested until 2015....and this is us at 9:30. Will made it until 10:00 and that was that. Patti and I put them to bed, watched the ball drop later, and were in bed 15 minutes after that. See you later 2014.
