Wednesday, April 23, 2008

All because of the Science Spectrum

When the weather here is too cold, or too hot, or too windy (this one in particular is no joke), instead of going to a park, we go to the Science Spectrum. It's our local science museum with all kinds of hands-on science exhibits. One of our favorite parts is a whole room of fun stuff just for the younger than 5 crowd.

We're talking running water with boats, locks and dams, smocks to keep you dry, life-sized tinker toys, a puppet show area with a camera so you can see yourself on television, kiddie rollercoasters, drums, and more. Yesterday the craft lady was there, and while Ellen spent 30 minutes glued to her chair coloring her paper solid purple, Jack rode the roller coaster, played with blocks, controlled water guns, and pushed cars around.

When Daddy got home from school, we had a little errand to run in the car all together. So as soon as I picked up the car keys, Jack was just about biting my kneecaps off to get them from me. I handed them to him, and he turned and walked across the living room to the door. Daddy was shocked. I told him that's what happens when you take your kids to a science museum. It makes them smart.



Wearing cool glasses also makes your kids smart, right?
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3 comments:

Rebecca J said...

Are those William's glasses?? (Sorry if this comment posts twice. Blogger froze up on me mid-comment.)

Lorraine said...

Yes, as a matter of fact, they are William's glasses. That's one of the pictures we took the first time we got to meet you last spring. Don't they look great?!

Mary said...

That's so cool!