Tuesday: Airplane party

Today we had a birthday party for the older kids in an airplane!  I told Joshua yesterday that we were going to a freezer and so he should wear long pants.  But then he heard the other kids talking about an air and space museum, and so he couldn't decide if we were going to the museum or to a freezer.

Anyway, Isaac was definitely not expecting a birthday party.

Isaac tried really hard to get the intercom system to work, only to decide that it was turned off.

Then we had a dance party and planetarium show.  I learned a lot about Pluto...there are water volcanos and the nitrogen atmosphere condenses during the winter and then it doesn't have an atmosphere.

We had a little stomp rocket activity which turned out really cool.  Joshua's rocket went really high on the first try and Isaac needed to make some modifications, but everyone had a good time stomping.

Then we had lunch and went to explore the museum.

The air museum wasn't all the large, but there were a lot of cockpits to sit in.  Unfortunately, Joshua wasn't feeling great and I ended up carrying him a lot...although the snuggles were nice too.

After naps, dinner, and a velociraptor encounter, the kids went in the pool.  The adults stayed out because the weather was perfect and getting in the pool would be rather cold.  The kids just don't seem to mind.

Joshua also got his glow ball out and loved it.  He took a picture of it in the dark and then showed everyone.

The adults played poker after the kids were in bed.  We're still doing a $5 buy in like grad school, but our income has increased and so betting a quarter just to see the flop doesn't seem like such a big investment.  There was a lot of laughter, but what happens at poker stays at poker.