Saturday, August 16, 2008

Rocketship rides to the planet Mailbox

HEY! Somebody PULL me, please!




I'm waiting. . . Fine, I'll scoot it by myself. Sheesh!



Coming in for a landing after a trip to the planet Mailbox. A celestial voyage she takes a couple times a week.


A few months ago, Bopbop and granny bought Hannah a red rocketship. It is one of Hannah's favorite toys! She quickly learned how to get on/off all by herself, and navigates the buttons quite well. She is very good at warning us about approaching astroids, when we are approaching Jupitor, and when it is time to BLAST OFF!!! (We are beginning to think that an unfortunate side effect of so many blast offs has caused the asteroids. . .we're looking into some over-the-counter treatment for the asteroids right now)



Hannah's rocketship also comes equipped with a secret storage compartment (it's under the seat--shhhhh! don't tell!). This is where she stores prized possessions such as moon rocks (lovely carefully picked landscape rocks from the common areas around the subdivision), a doll, a shoe, some cheese puffs, a book, a rubber ducky. . . you name it, it's probably been hidden in there at least once. I think I even saw her trying to coax the cat in there once! I don't think I need to tell you how that one turned out. Howie is NOT interested in going to the moon, Jupitor, planet Mailbox, or anywhere that is more than a 5 second walk from his food dish. Have you seen that moose. . .I mean, cat's belly?



The rocket is not motorized, and it doesn't come with any mechanism for pulling/pushing her around either. So, bopbop, the clever handyman that he is, gave her one of his old belts and strapped it to the handlebars, and that is how we all pull her around. She loves it! She can scoot it around by herself, but she MUCH prefers to be chauffeured. She doesn't want to get her feet dirty, ya know!



The red rocket is her second favorite mode of transportation to go get the mail (second only to the floor of daddy's scooter of course).

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