Blastoff!

This last weekend was pretty awesome.  It had been a while since Mara had a whole one off so we spent most of the time outside.  We did several runs and parks as usual, and also found some time to climb.
One of the more exciting things we did was take Rohan to the Challenger Space Center in NW Phoenix.  Rohan has been hard core into shuttles as of late (he has 2 or 3 favorite YouTube videos).  The museuem had anything and everything space related.  Tons of pictures of rockets and spacecrafts of all sorts.  Rohan really liked Ham the space Monkey that they shot into space in the early 60's.  Rohan considers him a national treasure...:)
The center also had a 10' space shuttle model and a launch simulator which Rohan REALLY liked.  Top off with a mock Mission Control Center, and Space Lab and I think there is a good chance Rohan will be attending Space Camp when he's a little older.  There was also a video on the 7 wonders of our solar system.  Rohan is good at recognizing Saturn and Earth, as well as the Sun, so that was pretty exciting to watch.  We capped off our 3hr trip (it went super fast) with a demonstration of a Tesla Coil and electric fields and my favorite...Eddy Currents.  Pretty awesome morning!  After the space center we grabbed some salads and hit a huge park in Glendale for a picnic and play time.
Sunady we watched the SuperBowl with some friends and grilled out.  I had made some Anaheim Peppers stuffed with cheese and sausage, then wrapped in bacon.  They were on the grill when the grease started dripping and made a HUGE fire in the grill.  The peppers actually turned out REALLY good!  The fire was hot enough to burn the tin foil we had them on!  Pictures are pretty sweet though...:)
Other than that, just enjoying the weather at the dog park, kid park, AZ Best Fest, and pretty much anywhere else outdoors that we can find...:)


Rohan watching space shuttle launches. He loves that they go to the International Space Station: