Rocket Saturday

Last week Matt discovered a rocket kit in the closet that he had received for his birthday. Like everything else we own, it was placed in the closet to get it out of the way and forgotten about.
Matt made sure that his rocket wouldn't get forgotten again and quickly made plans for a launching this Saturday with Chandler & Kennedy.

Below are the pictures of how the blast off went...

We first arrived at the field and began set up.


Next Kennedy held a streamer in the air to check which way the wind was blowing while Tucker watched and wished he could steal the streamer from her.

Chandler holding the rocket as we got ready to place it on its launching pad.

Matt set up the rocket and began wiring it for take off.

Tucker was really hot at this point, ready to go home, and kept jumping on me to carry him so his feet wouldn't touch the grass...what a sissy...that's why I put him on this hot pink leash. Matt really hates it when I do that.

Getting ready to press the button!

5....4.....3.....2.....1.......
BLAST OFF! (You really can't see it in this picture, but it's there. It just disappeared into those clouds for a bit. )
And what comes up...must come down...unfortunately our rocket came down in the person across the field's tree. This picture shows Matt on his way to go climb the tree.
While waiting for Matt, Kennedy and I made wishes on these flowers that he'd be able to get the rocket down without us having to call 9-1-1 to get him out of the tree.

Sadly though, the rocket was too high and in the process of trying to get it down, Matt noticed the owner of the house sitting on the back porch smoking a cigarette and possibly plotting to shoot him down like a squirrel.

Matt was very sad to lose his rocket and bummed around for a bit afterwards, but it was fun while it lasted and fun having the kids for a few hours to spice up our weekend.