Today we got our crew up and going, I had 2 cups of coffee to get myself ready for the day and then we made our way over the secrete location when the astronaut families were staying. The kids were so excited to see the boys Michael & Danny. So it looked like we would have a great day together. Now none of them got their normal sleep as you can expect so some were in bed by 11, 12 or 3 AM but Glenn and I knew we could wrangle them all.
First stop was Kennedy for the astronaut briefing and family & guests tour. This was going to culminate in the very important wave across the ditch. This would be when the boys would get to see their mom and dad together on last time before he goes into in space. A very big deal!!! So the kids stay contained in the auditorium for most of the briefing interested seeing photo of dad or Mr. Tony, shuffling her and there. We keep trying to get them all to have toilet breaks, and time to do some walking around before going on to the next thing. We then make our way herding the clan on the nice comfy buses to take the tour around 12:30 PM and by luck we get on the least filled bus. This allows the kids time to spread out, eat snacks, switch seats, look out the window, play, be somewhat quite and actually look out the windows to see shuttle pad, and other sites at Kennedy. Glenn and I get moments of peace and the feeling of WOW we are here doing this, we are so excited!
Now Danny and Merlova are so tired by the time we do the wave across the ditch to Tony and he ends up in his grandmothers arms but Michael and the rest of the kids do a great job. NASA Photos are be taken of the group and I am trying to take as many as I can and Glenn is doing video. It ends up being a great moment and then Danny is out asleep when we take the bus ride back to the center. It works in our interest as Glenn takes him and part of the crew to the car I do one last restroom break and now by 3:00 pm we are off to let the kids have some down time. Akorren, Zhivanna and Michael enjoy "Hook" on the DVD player on the ride home while Danny & Merlova sleep. We do a Mc'D drive through and then rest up at the hotel. Merlova sleeps for a hour while Glenn wrangles the older 4 and they get a trip to the pirate kiddie play pool and beach visit. I have time to gather my mommy mind, drink some iced starbucks, and then help clean up the boys real well so they look sharp for their dad's astronaut reception. The Antonelli boys then our crew during the briefing, best buddies on the bus tour of the shuttle, our family in front of the shuttle before the wave across the ditch, our astronaut family friends Janeen & Tony (Guido) Antonelli
First stop was Kennedy for the astronaut briefing and family & guests tour. This was going to culminate in the very important wave across the ditch. This would be when the boys would get to see their mom and dad together on last time before he goes into in space. A very big deal!!! So the kids stay contained in the auditorium for most of the briefing interested seeing photo of dad or Mr. Tony, shuffling her and there. We keep trying to get them all to have toilet breaks, and time to do some walking around before going on to the next thing. We then make our way herding the clan on the nice comfy buses to take the tour around 12:30 PM and by luck we get on the least filled bus. This allows the kids time to spread out, eat snacks, switch seats, look out the window, play, be somewhat quite and actually look out the windows to see shuttle pad, and other sites at Kennedy. Glenn and I get moments of peace and the feeling of WOW we are here doing this, we are so excited!
Now Danny and Merlova are so tired by the time we do the wave across the ditch to Tony and he ends up in his grandmothers arms but Michael and the rest of the kids do a great job. NASA Photos are be taken of the group and I am trying to take as many as I can and Glenn is doing video. It ends up being a great moment and then Danny is out asleep when we take the bus ride back to the center. It works in our interest as Glenn takes him and part of the crew to the car I do one last restroom break and now by 3:00 pm we are off to let the kids have some down time. Akorren, Zhivanna and Michael enjoy "Hook" on the DVD player on the ride home while Danny & Merlova sleep. We do a Mc'D drive through and then rest up at the hotel. Merlova sleeps for a hour while Glenn wrangles the older 4 and they get a trip to the pirate kiddie play pool and beach visit. I have time to gather my mommy mind, drink some iced starbucks, and then help clean up the boys real well so they look sharp for their dad's astronaut reception. The Antonelli boys then our crew during the briefing, best buddies on the bus tour of the shuttle, our family in front of the shuttle before the wave across the ditch, our astronaut family friends Janeen & Tony (Guido) Antonelli
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