The Gift of Science

For Christmas, Mops and Gee Gee (Ben's Mom and Grandmother) gave our family a year membership to the Adventure Science Center. William LOVES studying his toys to see how they work. He spends tons of time studying and observing, so the science center seemed like the perfect fit for him....and boy were we RIGHT! Today was our first visit and they had a train exhibition near the lobby. William was in heaven! It took us an hour just to move past the lobby! We tried to go to a magnet demonstration but the trains won.

Trains and more trains and plenty of buttons to push!

I wonder if he will be sad when the exhibition leaves January 1st. I think we'll have to go again before it closes!

There were plenty of other fun things. This piano freaked him out a little. As much as William LOVES music, I'm thinking by May it will be his favorite exhibit!

They had a play area with slides. Too many big kids today but maybe he'll be more comfortable with this part when the big kids are back in school.

They also had a full size ambulance that had wheels lowered into the ground (so it was easier for the kids to get on and off). Again the big kids where hogging it.....the kids could sit in the drivers seat and the siren and light switch worked.

Finally it cleared out a bit but the drivers seat was always occupied.....maybe next time. We have a whole year to come back to this one!

We found the Toddler area. He was running around all excited. The exhibition is about growing food and healthy eating. The kids learn about the farmers market......

(William liked organizing the pumpkins)

gardening

the outdoors

and they had a kitchen setup with recipe book and living room. Also a tree house. He loved it! We will have to go back before the exhibit closes (January 21). They switch out the toddler area so the kids get different experiences.

The science center had something for everyone, including adults. I can't wait to go back! We didn't even get to the planitarium today! Definately an awesome gift and we will get to go as much as we want to ALL year! Thank you Mops and Gee Gee. We are going to have a year full of fun memories here!

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