Nicholas' First Rocket!

Daddy came home with a huge surprise for Nicholas - his first rocket set!

(For those who have not seem Nicholas in the past 2 weeks - he's completely obsessed with the space shuttle launch and talks about "the rocket ship that has rocket boosters that separate off, the launch pad, astronauts, fixing satellites in space..." He begs to watch the recorded footage of the NASA launch time and time again. Just don't bring up the countdown - he gets really upset when we count backwards!)

Of course Daddy chose a real rocket set, so we had to go to the park to launch the thing. Daddy explained all the parts and steps of set-up - while Nicholas soaked it in like a sponge!

~ final preps before our first launch ~

As expected with anything Daddy does, that rocket when super high in the sky and landed "far far away" as Nicholas would say.

William patiently watched his future unfold before his 2-month-old eyes.

In preparation for launch #2, Nicholas recalled many of the steps to prepare the rocket. He helped Daddy insert the igniter.

Daddy also launched a super fast rocket and had to rescue it from the soupy mud - it basically impaled the ground!

I explained to William he could always hang out and knit with Mommy if rockets don't thrill him. I'd say he seems interested from his response, hun?

Big smiles from a very happy boy, all thanks to his super fun Dadoo!