Caveat: these recommendations are based on 1 trip to NASA with two kids, aged 8 and 5. The 8 yr old is bookish and interested in science; the 5 yr old loves to run jump and climb. Cost: I
Visiting Kennedy Space Center with Kids
Crazy Kids #11 – It’s Good to be King
Conversations with a 3 yr old. “Who is my super guy?” —- silence and a stare —- “Is [child’s name] my super guy?” “No, [older brother] is super guy, I am the king.” “Oh, okay, you’re the king.” “Yes.” “Okay, King [name].”
Crazy Kids #10 – Rust Belt
Conversations with a 3 yr old: solving an obvious corrosion problem I’d never considered. “Iron Man doesn’t pee.” So now we know.
The Adventure Season Has Begun: Join Us
We are on Twitter more often than here blogging away. If you want to keep up with us, follow us there, or keep track of where we are by looking for the #followwestly hashtag on Twitter, Facebook, and Foursquare.
Crazy Kids #9 – Eye of the Tiger
Conversations with a 3yr old (full face painting version): Strangers: “Oh how cute he’s a tiger!” Me: “well, it was a tiger a few hours ago now it looks like desert sand camouflage” 3 yr old: “I was a sand
Crazy Kids #8 – Fashion Faux Pas
Conversations with a 6yr old while playing a Lego adventure game made up by said 6yr old: Me: Right, so there’s the king, and the hobbit, and the knight. 6: Golden Knight Me: Golden Knight, and the Miniature guy, and
Adventure Log: The Underworld (Florida)
Any good journey to Hades starts with a nice sail on the river Styx, dropping off a few memories in the Lethe and a healthy game of fetch with Cerberus. Of course, this is the sort of trip you don’t really
The Social Game
I had an epiphany recently, and it involved sports – of all things. Our youngest is an inherently social creature. He talks. All. The. Time. This is contrasted with our older boy who would rather sit in a corner and
Crazy Kids #7 – Brains…. brains….
That moment when your kid comes in to ask for some red food coloring because, “we need to make the brains.” Priceless… and terrifying. Reposting this picture, because it’s so appropriate.
Snow Days
If you follow us on Twitter you’ve probably seen a fair number of pictures of snow days (not to mention Vanagon repair). It’s not just because we love sledding, skiing, boarding, and snowball fights, although that’s a big part of