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Now, instead of being a vet, GB has decided he wants to be an Astronaut. He thinks he can do that first and then become a vet. OR, he’ll be a vet in outer space, where he will be able to search for alien life forms and THEN take care of them.

Today we went to the Science Museum of Virginia. GB always enjoys going there, but this time he had a new appreciation, since he is going to be an Astronaut. The following video shows GB in a simulated moon walking exhibit. He had more fun with it than the girls who proceeded him. But he weighed so little that he couldn’t get the full effect. He thought it was super-cool, though.

After the moon-walking exhibit, he got to try the land rover-type of exhibit. He had three missions: one ~ fire a laser beam and hit a target out in space, two~ make the space ship rotate using his space vehicle, and three ~ he had to park the vehicle in a special hole-in-peg parking spot. He was a successful space man, and thrilled to boot. This activity had to be performed twice, because it was SO fun. He would have done it again, but I told him other kids needed to try. They were shy and didn’t want to try, but once we moved on they did give it a try. I thought the missions looked hard, but I guess video game playing comes in handy. In this video you can see him trying to park the vehicle after the other missions had been completed.

This is a picture of GB in a space shuttle, on his way back to Earth. He enjoyed messing with the controls for quite a while. I, personally, cannot imagine being in such tight quarters.

As we were leaving, we decided to hit the gift shop. I love museum gift shops and this one had tons of Science stuff in it. GB found some Astronaut ice cream (real ice cream, but 90% of the water has been removed) and had to buy it. He got mint chocolate chip for himself and an ice cream sandwich for Daddy. We opened the packages after dinner, and we all sampled….. GB thought they were pretty good. Daddy thought the ice cream sandwich tasted like a cookie. I’ll just say that I’m glad I’m not an Astronaut, because I thought they were rank.