Model Rockets

I love Amy Poehler's Smart Girls.  It's something I stalk and just can't get enough of. Earlier last week she had posted about two girls sending a homemade ship to the edge of space. Aoife loved it and had the video on repeat.




Seriously, how cool is that?! It reminded me of making rockets with my dad when I was a kid and launching them. I decided it was time to introduce my daughters to rockets.

Shopping is crazy enjoyable with only two littles, since Claire is in school. Aoife and I ran to Hobby Lobby where I've scoped the rockets before. We picked out a kit that had the base and two rockets, grabbed a few different engines, the packing paper, and some plastic cement.

After we got Claire for school and had lunch, we set to building. I can only kind of comprehend how much excitement was packed in their small bodies. They were bursting and impatient, but we survived and built some cool rockets!

We're pretty pumped to blast these bad boys off, but we'll probably wait until tomorrow evening so Ross can join in. Hope these littles can hold out and wait till then!