Birthday For A Young Explorer Gifts

October 11, 2009: History is made when 8-year-old Tommy Wurtner becomes the first child to enter space.

"This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I told you to go outside and play."

"Have you been on the moon again, young man?"

A boy acting suspiciously

he tries to fly all the time but actually never gets airborne

I'm Bored With Educational Toys

Man stood by signpost to 'here' or 'there'.

"All I did this summer was go fishing, camping, bike riding, swimming, boating, and go the movies, carnivals, fairs, concerts and games. I'm bored."

The only way to see the world is to see the world

Weird things I do because of the internet

Child driving a toy car

'The path to becoming an astronaut is rougher than I thought.'

'You know they've reached puberty when they're more interested in Dr. Ruth than Babe Ruth.'

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

Happy holidays for kids.

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

"I don't care if you saw this in a western..."

"Who can we call?"

Toy Boats And A Toy Ocean Liner

"Nixon was the same way when he first got here."

'Maybe he has some sort of mystic attachment to the soil.'

Baby Scientist

One!

"Ah, to be young and foolish again."

'People have been known to lose an eye when a wink goes seriously wrong.'

"What would you recommend to hold a seven-year-old girl's attention in a car from East Seventy-eighth Street to Bridgehampton?"

"It's a 'pencil' - It's like a pen, except that it's made of wood!"

"We were thinking about the Himalayas this summer. On the other hand, there's something very special about Montauk."

"I've always wanted to live on a lake so I can go boating and fishing. Since we don't live on a lake, I thought I'd make my own."

'Did you know there's a river in Brazil named after Amazon?'

'Are you going exploring or retrieving a duck?'

Fossil hunting

Early 3D technology applied to a book - creating a pop-up book

'Mystery of Flight' book flying away from boy reading it.

'We think he has a future in politics.'