Stomp Rockets!

Back in Chapel Hill, our friends the Arbons had a stomp rocket that my kids haven't forgotten about.  When Corbin wanted a Rocket birthday party, I immediately thought of the Stomp Rocket.  This simple, little contraption can send a rocket super high in the sky.  It took Corbin a few tries to get the hang of it, but the birthday boy loves it!

 

 

Rocket packs!

Corbin got to sport his Rocket t-shirt complete with Corbin as the astronaut in the rocket.  I loved making it with my Silhouette!  He loved wearing it!

I made these awesome rocket packs for each of the boys.  I spray painted juice bottles with silver spray paint, made rocket stripes with yellow duck tape, filled with shredded paper, and made blastoff flames with crepe paper and a plastic cup.  The kids LOVED them!  They wore them in the cardboard rocket and then we had a Rocket scavenger hunt to find one of his big, rocket birthday presents.

We got him a Stomp Rocket...coolest thing ever!  The scavenger hunt was to find all of the rockets to use with the Stomp Launcher. 

Servant.

So like all kids, our kids are demanding.  When it's mealtime, there's a constant barrage of requests that sometimes feel more like they are commandeering slaves.  Lately, Scott's response to a request that they are big and responsible enough to do themselves (ie. get their own fork) is "No, I'm not your servant."  This has led us into a few discussions as to what a servant or slave is.

Fast forward to Sunday morning in Sacrament meeting.  The deacons are passing the Sacrament to our little pew and Corbin takes a piece of bread.  He looks up at this particular young man and whispers, "Thank you, dear Servant."

Thankfully, the deacon didn't hear!