If you give your kid a laptop, or any item with a touch screen, their eyes will glaze over and they may lose all human contact with their parents. Of course that could be a good thing considering all of the babble and B.S. we are forced to endure. You will be able to…
Have you ever given any thought to what kind of parenting style you have? If you’re like me, you may have many different styles depending on the day, the mood you’re in and just how belligerent the kids are.Authoritative parents by definition listen to their kids. Well then that wouldn’t be me,…
Cloud computing has been around for some time now. Through an Internet connection I can access whatever application, file or data I may have stored in the cloud, anytime and anywhere. Sounds good doesn’t it?So that gives Mommies In Orbit a cosmic idea, uploading Rocket Boy and Channel…
I’m beginning to wonder just how many phobias my kids have. Let’s be realistic here, we are all fearful of something in life. My fears began when I found out I was having twins, that’s enough to last me a lifetime. I have noticed that Rocket Boy and…
Remember when you couldn’t wait for your child to say those first words? Words like, “Mommy, Daddy, or gimme the remote!” Fast forward about 11 years and what do you hear? NOISE! EXPLOSIONS! If your kids are anything like my tweens, you are no longer living in the quiet zone.…
If you watched the evening news tonight you may have seen the report “Our Angry SunThe sun brings gives light and warmth to all life on Earth, but it has a temper too. Solar flares, eruptions and other sun storms can have serious effects to satellites and other…
What do kids and astronomy have in common? Tons! Some days I feel like I’m living with a meteor and a meteorite, under the same roof!A meteor is a piece of dust or rock that burns up as it enters our Earth’s atmosphere, enter Rocket Boy. This kid has never…
Ever get that feeling that you’re just floating around over your kids making sure that all is well? My hovering was much more apparent when they were toddlers, always trying to save them from falling, tumbling, and running into objects. A lot has changed! We’re currently heading into an orbit…
the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse). b. a…
Do you ever get the feeling that as soon as the school bus pulls up to drop off your darlings, your life is about to take a dive into the twilight zone?I have lived through the “witching hour” for let’s see, how many years now? Used to be easy when…