Our day started off with a BLUE bath. I was pretty nervous it was going to dye Addison or our bathtub blue, but it worked perfectly and Addison loved it. She kept saying "boo" water and splashing around.
After bath time, I packed her diaper bag FULL of colors, stickers, snacks, & coloring books and we hit the road! I wasn't sure how crazy this was going to be and I was pretty nervous about going by myself. I changed my mind 100 times on whether or not we should go, but Cameran insisted I take Addison.
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| It was BEAUTIFUL outside! |
As I was driving to Ellington Field, I noticed cars pulling over on the sides of the road and parking lots packed. I saw a grass lot on the right and decided to park there along with several other cars. I had never been to Ellington before and figured this was probably as close as we were going to get and at least we would get to see it fly over.
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| Picking flowers while watching Endeavor |
I parked the car and put Addison in the front seat with me and set her up with a coloring book & crayons. As soon as she was situated I noticed everyone pulling out their cameras and jumping on top of their cars. I quickly grabbed Addison and we saw it fly right over our heads. It was too cool & I was silently thanking Cameran for making us come.
It flew in circles around us and came right over us 3 more times and on the last time it landed on the runway in front of us. I had no idea we were that close and it was pretty neat to see. Everyone jumped in their cars and started heading toward Ellington to go see the shuttle up close. I knew nap time would be soon & the wait would probably be insane so we decided to head home for a nap.
Video of Endeavor landing!
After nap time, I had to head to work, but we had plans on going to check out the shuttle up close with my friend Lynette. Wednesday is Cameran's long day at school and had class until 9:30 so he wasn't able to come with us.
On the way, there was tons of traffic and it was getting pretty dark. We found a parking spot and started the long walk towards the shuttle. Addison kept running & yelling "Hurry! Hurry!" and it was pretty funny. We aren't sure why she thought we needed to hurry. Maybe she was just excited to get there. She eventually got tired and wanted to be carried. Lynette and I switched off carrying her and we eventually made it to the shuttle.
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| Addison & I |
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| Lynette & Addison |
It was amazing to see up close and a special moment to share with Addison. Its not everyday you get to see a space shuttle! (:
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| Addison taking pictures of Endeavor |
We had a great time and shared many laughs. I'm thankful to have such a sweet friend that is brave enough to venture out with me & my crazy girl!
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| My rebel child kept going on the other side of the rope! |
Aw!!! I didn't know this was here! I love it! And both of you! Miss you! Lunch or dinner soon?
ReplyDelete-Lynette