Today was a teacher workday so the boys were home from school. I was still up before 6am but it was nice not having to fight with kids to hurry and eat and to be making lunches. Mom and Dad agreed to spend the day exploring a new science center with us. My Mom and Dad gifted us with a Greensboro Natural Science Center membership this summer. The membership is also good at many other Museums and Science Centers all over the country. We have definitely used this gift. Today our adventures led us to Sciworks in Winston Salem. It was little bit further than I thought but this place was AWESOME!! The kids (including all the adults) had such a great time. We were sad we didn't plan better and allow more time there.
We left the 'boro a bit later than we would have liked and then because it was a bit further than we thought we ended up having to feed the kids before going to Sciworks. We ate lunch at Burger King. The toys were Sponge Bob Square Pants and I can't begin to tell you how bad I dislike that character/cartoon. The kids were great not to pitch a fit about not getting kids meals with toys. They did get a little hat thing that made them happy. K accidently spilled Papa's coke all over Sassy's new coat. This was only the beginning of a very exciting day. :)'
"the perfect chair mom!"
The first stop at the museum was the music room. They had a carpet piano in the floor. A2 loved crawling up and down it. K would crab walk and army crawl over the keys. Even Dampa had some fun. The fun was just beginning. They also had a bunch of kitchen utencils, pots, pans, and griddles that you could created music with. One thing I didn't get a picture of was a invisible laser harp. That was pretty neat too.
The next room was a discover the body room. As you can see there was a life-sized game of "Operation." We all had fun with that one. All the kids had fun pulling the insides out of this MASSIVE doll and then stuffing it all back inside him.
Next came the mouth... They had these big teeth set up with dentist tools so you could clean, brush, and blow air at the teeth. I love A1's serious face while she cleans the teeth. K was pretending that the mouth was going to bite down and eat him.
These pictures are from some fun rooms. The chair that Damma is sitting in was a simulator that measured your reflexes when the "light" turns green. C killed it with .04 seconds- that's almost jumping the gun. :)
The physics room was the biggest hit of all. This chair was triggered by air. A1 was a bit nervous at first and made me do it with her but after that EVERYONE had to have their turn (at least a couple of time;) )
K insisted I add the picture he took of me. :)
On the way home, Dampa treated us to some pumpkins at the farmers market. A very good way to end such a fun day! Thank you Dampa and Damma!
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