For Kendrick’s birthday, what he really, really, REALLY wanted to do was go to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. I obliged because a) I guess I have to practice in case we someday have a male child, and b) it sounded kinda fun to me, too.

The Intrepid is an aircraft carrier built in 1943, which went on several tours of duty during and between World War II and Vietnam. It survived numerous attacks, including one double kamikaze suicide attack that left the ship in flames for hours.

I’m not really a museum person (trauma left over from my father dragging me around art museums when I was a child and insisting on reading Every. Single. Informational plaque), but the Intrepid is pretty great. There’s a ton of interactive exhibits, including a display where you can try to perform basic tasks using astronaut’s gloves, and one where you can see what it feels like to be in a lifeboat.

You can also, as we did, try out the G-Force Simulator, which is a claustrophobia-inducing capsule that flings you (me) around while someone else (Kendrick) attempts to shoot down enemy fighter jets. Dear Kendrick: let’s never do that again, please. Take our sons. Thx.

ABS Carrie jeans, Aldo flats, Nikibiki sweater, Item necklace.