May 5th - Cinco de Mayo

Jack's class went to Casa Ole for Cinco de Mayo. He hit his head on the school bus window and got this awesome bump.

By the time lunch was over, it was swollen and starting to turn purple.

And this is what it looked like after school. Perfect for school pictures the next day.

April 30th - Nation Space Trophy Dinner

Tonight we went to our annual black tie event - the National Space Trophy Dinner. We had a lovely evening with Jenny and Ian and about 800 other aerospace industry workers. Emma and Daisy came over to hang out with the Baccus kids. Emma, who is 10, is a babysitter-in-training and did a wonderful job with the kids. Apparently Josie just loved her and Jack wanted to talk with her constantly. When we got home, there were sticker charts for the kids and a status report. She's hired!

April 29th - Butterfly field trip

Today Charlie went on a field trip to the Houston Museum of Natural Science. They have been studying butterflies at school, so they went through the butterfly exhibit and watched a 3D IMAX about bugs. Grandma got to go with Charlie and took some great pictures.

April 24th - Happy Birthday Grandma!

Josie spends a lot of time on the bottom step. She likes to step up and slide her feet off - physics experiments in gravity and friction.

I can't remember why Charlie was so grumpy, but I love this picture.

This was Josie's first cupcake experience. She did a pretty awesome job with the frosting.

April 20th - Balloon release

Charlie's class had a balloon release at school. (Thanks to Jen M for the pictures.)

April 18th - Climbing trees

April 17th - The zoo

The lions were close to the glass.

And of course, another trip on the carousel.

My little prairie dogs...

April 15th - Zero gravity

After a year and a half break, I'm back to flying. This week, we had groups of college students flying their experiments on the Zero G Corp 727. It was great to be flying again.

April 14th - She likes pizza

April 11th - One last Easter egg to decorate

April 9th - Headed home

April 8th - Sea World again

Somehow these monkeys got in the fish tank.

More fun on the carousel.

Ronny put together a little steel drum band. They will give SH2K a run for their money.

It was time to introduce the boys to a roller coaster and I thought the Shamu Express would be right up their alley.

We had time for one last show - Clyde and Seamore - a sea lion show.