Welcome to Cape Canaveral!

Yesterday was a long boat ride from Israel to Florida.  By the evening almost everyone was sick. (Get it?  We were seasick.)  Shem had the flu all day.  Not quite the Father's Day I had planned.

Fortunately everyone was feeling better this morning and we were ready for our Astronaut Training Camp.  We started with an adorable book called Astronaut Handbook by Meghan McCarthy.  I discovered that I would not be a good astronaut, not just because of my weak stomach, but because you have to work well with others in tight spaces.  Having four kids in a 1500 sq ft house has taught me that this is not a strength of mine.

We warmed up with jumping jacks and pull ups then we experimented with centrifugal motion.

Next we practiced orbiting, did an obstacle course, and some moon walking on the trampoline.

 

Tonight for family night we talked about how the earth and heavens were created, how many earths there are (millions), the star Kolob, and the symbols from space used to represent the three degrees of glory.  Afterward we went outside and started phase one of our astronaut helmets.  (Speaking of Kolob...have you seen this?  It's pretty funny.)

This was my first paper mache project since Elementary School and I fear that it won't turn out much better than my last one.  The final result will be reveal tomorrow when we blast into space.