They roared their terrible roars

Monday was quite a day (isn't it always?). W1 was recovering from a cold and was extra tired and easily upset. L1 seemed to sense this and stepped into the role of W1's official tormentor. The day was spent breaking up fights and drying tears.

But, at naptime, with L1 and H1 tucked firmly into their beds, W1 and I had some time to read and re-read his latest favorite book:


Because of this book his interest has turned to all things space.

Reading about astronauts always turns my thoughts to the song Space Oddity by David Bowie. I spent some quality time on YouTube last night watching random people cover it. R1 was working late, you understand.

And of course, thinking about David Bowie turns my mind to Labyrinth. And I wonder, how did Mr. Bowie get his hair like that, and did he know how bad it really looked? And why did I think the girl (you know, the one lost in the labyrinth) had the coolest outfit? And why did we watch it so many times when we were kids?

Wait. I know the answer to that last one. For the awesome music.

Or it could be that it was 1986, and we just didn't know any better.

Anyway.

Last week, W1 begged and begged to make astronaut cookies. Because he would not accept that our Santa Claus cookie cutter was actually an astronaut, we were stuck with star shaped cookies.

Here is W1, who studiously avoids the camera:


And L1, who yells "cheese, cheese" the instant I pull it out:


And H1, who doesn't do either of the above:



And speaking of 1986, do you know what other movie came out that year?

SpaceCamp.

Coincidence? I think not.