Ellis Giles

Wednesday night we all went to play at Mission Burritos which has become a favorite for Alden when we are in Houston during the week.  I gave Alden his Halloween costume which is a space suit with a helmet.  He loved it!  He wanted to sleep in it too.  To get him to take it off finally, I had to tell him that it was time to shower like an astronaut.

Thursday morning I went into work and worked half a day.  Alden went to swim class and then went home to change.  Next Grand D, Meredith, and Alden picked me up from work and we went to the Starfire Grill for lunch.  Alden wanted to play the video games but they were off.  So, as we were ordering lunch, he tells the checkout lady, and she says, “Oh, I’ll go turn them on.”  Alden ate some of his lunch then went to play some of the gumball and toy winning games.  He won a basketball and a huge gumball.  He didn’t eat too much of his lunch but I saved it.

Next we went to Rocket Park at Johnson Space Center.  I showed my badge at the gate, but it wasn’t necessary.  We got to see the huge Saturn V.  Alden really liked it and we got some great pictures.  Next we went and saw the Redstone and Titan II.

We then headed to Space Center Houston and I got Grand D a pass.  Alden, Meredith, and I got in free!  Alden had a great time playing in the largest play room in Texas.  We also got to see a movie on being an astronaut, and then got to tour their museum.  They have a Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo capsules along with a moon rock we got to touch.  They also have the Skylab mockup I was wondering where it went.  We then went to the mock shuttle and Alden loved sliding down the escape hatch.  He did it 5 or 6 times and had to walk back up to the second floor.

Alden played more in the play area.  I went in to ’supervise’ too!  It is great, over 3 stories tall, with a slide at the top.  We went down the slide several times.  I got all the kids out by 5 and we headed to the gift shop to get Alden a souvenir T-Shirt.

Alden wanted to see my office so we went up really quickly to get some more of my stuff since I was rolling off Constellation on Friday.  I put his car seat in my car since he wanted to ride with me.  He munched on some of the rest of his hamburger from lunch and went to sleep.  He ended up sleeping all night.  Grand D returned some books and picked up some BBQ for us for dinner while MH had a recruiting event.

Filed under: Family | Tagged: Alden, Grand D., Meredith, NASA, Space Center Houston