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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Science Center with Friends......

We got to go to the Science Center with some good friends today. Its always fun to get to go learn some new things and enjoy the hands on FUN at the Science Center. We love it there. We are hoping to get to spend more time there this year since we now have a membership. Its been great to watch the kids excitement.

Sorry I didnt get alot of picture, forgot the camera at home, Camera Phone pics arent as good.... But I did get a couple for you to enjoy.....

Since they have alot of construction going on at the moment they had a section where the kids could do building with blocks and building toys..... It was enjoyable for a limited time, too many kids and adults wandering around though : )

We also got to stop and see the Eye Demo, Sean has been wanting to see this. They disect a real cows eyeball and show you the parts of the eye. Its pretty cool, but ultra gooey and gorey. The last two times we went they either werent showing it or we missed it. He has been bummed, so we got to stop and see it just before we left. The girls thought it was grouse and icky, but he loved it. I was surprised that Lex actually decided to go up and touch it with him at the end.....

They got to see lots of exhibits on the brain and the body, they learned about what it takes to build a house, they learn about magnetics and how they work, they learned about sound waves, they enjoyed the forces of nature exhibit (one of their favorite, you actually get to feel a taste of what different aspects of nature feel like, from earth quakes to tornados, from lava to hurricanes.... Its pretty awesome, Sean would watch it over and over for hours if we let him). Sean finally got to go through the goosebumps face your fears exhibit, he has been talking about it since the last time we were there and I didnt let him go, it was pretty cool. I was glad we went this time. The kids were excited at first but realized how jumpy they are with new things and the unexpected. They had you stick your hand in boxes and see if you could feel a bug inside, you had to stick your finger in a pipe and see if you got shocked and how you would feel, you had to sit in a room and watch yourself on camera as they shocked you with an unexpected loud noise and see how you reacted and you could have yourself strapped to a board and dropped backwards to see how you reacted.... None of the kids or us moms for that matter did the board. They also loved watching the diagram of the man that was showing the signs of fear and how your body reacts (their favorite part was when he wets himself.... lol.... gotta love kids and the things they find funny). All the time you are testing your fears there are people on the other side that have just been through it that are watching your reactions, it was kind of fun to stop and watch a couple. They also got to see the SRP exhibit on electricity and energy for the first time, its a new exhibit and was quite small but the kids seemed to enjoy it. Then we got to make a stop at the gift shop for some goodies and the cafe for some good eats.....

All in All it was a good day. As we were leaving the kids said they have FUN and it was AWESOME (except the yicky eye, according to the girls.... lol)

Thanks guys for coming with us it was a BLAST!!! See you soon!!!

More Pics: (Thanks Ang)

The Sound Room.....

The Computers.....

The Blocks....

The Plane.....

Thanks again girl, see you soon!!!!

2 comments:

Ang said...: Thank you so much for inviting us to join in. The kids had a BLAST! They came home ate dinner, took their showers and crashed. Oh yeah! Thank you!; June 23, 2010 at 8:11 PM
Our Fam said...: You are SO welcome, I was glad we could do it. They all were so cute and had so much FUN!!!
Thanks for joining us!; June 24, 2010 at 12:49 PM

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Sean is doing AMAZINGLY well (considering), If you missed the last couple updates Sean has been diagnosed with Aspergers (High Functioning Autism). It was a tough road to get to that end result, but we are picking ourselves up and dusting ourselves off and moving on in the direction that is best for the little man. Always making sure that the end result will be in his best interest.

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I am looking forward to this school year and being able to take a more stand off approach. Still being involved but seeing how much they can flourish on their own. Still being there to help them with homework and attend their fieldtrips and events. Still helping occasionally in the class, but allowing them space to thrive. The stand off approach has been good for all of us, they are settling into that well. They know I am around when they need me but they are becoming much more independent. Love those little monkies!