Blastoff!

Months and months ago, Daddy was playing with Meredith at bedtime, and created Blastoff, which turned into a bedtime ritual. This game starts with Meredith lying on the floor (either on her belly or back -which ever she feels like at the time) and usually holding at least one Pinky and sometimes more animals than she could ever keep hold of! Daddy shouts "Astronaut ready?" and she replies, "Ready!" then he counts down, "3, 2, 1, blastoff!" while holding her by the ankles. Then he pulls her upside down and she flies through the air and then lands on her bed. Blastoff was a fun way to end storytime and get Meredith into her bed before we sang a few lullabies, said prayers, and cuddled. However, with Meredith growing and growing, Daddy decided that he needed a new nighttime ritual to make sure he didn't end up with permanently damaged shoulders or a little girl with ankles out of socket. For weeks before Meredith's birthday, Daddy tipped Meredith off that once she was three there would be a new alternative to blastoff (which is "Tauntaun," a horse that rides her through the house to her bed). She likes Tauntaun, but she misses blastoff too. I made sure to get pictures on her last night of Blastoff - I was a little sad to say good-bye to this, I almost felt like she was Wendy from Peter Pan saying good-bye to the nursery.

Here is the blastoff countdown
And flying through space!