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Showing posts with label Discovery Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Discovery Center. Show all posts

Friday, January 15, 2010

The Discovery Center

In the past two months we have been to the Discovery Center quite a few times. Every time the kids make something that they want me to take a picture of. So...here are a few of their latest & greatest.


For Dia de Los Reys (The day of the kings) we went to celebrate the wise men's arrival to see Jesus. The kids got to make crowns & have some of the "baby cake". The cake has a baby Jesus in it & if you find it it's good luck among other things. Sadly, no baby Jesus in the cake for us this year.


Eli & his very symmetrical crown.



Adrienne loves playing at the farm area of the water feature with any small animals she can find.


Adrienne & her very tall tower!


A shot of the inside.


The finished tower. She couldn't reach any higher.


Eli & his pirate ship. Remember the kid on Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium? This might not be Abe Lincoln out of Lincoln logs but I was pretty impressed.


Another side view.


The rear view of the ship & the Captain's quarters. Walk the plank matey!


The kids also got to design a quilt square, depicting what they could do to make the world a better place, for a quilt that is hanging up in the Discovery center.
Eli chose recycling as his platform.


"I will recycle!"


Adrienne of course, went with animal preservation as her platform.


"Be nice to animals."


Getting a little exercise.


Eli building another creation. This time it was a castle/fort.


Top view.


Front & interior view.
My kids love to come here & I'm glad they have so many community days that are free. Yea for holidays!!

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Another day at the Discovery Center


A train model of our town square. These trains made me wish Gramps could come and visit.
Eli working on his creation.


Sadly, I did not get a photo of it with the second floor before it was accidentally knocked down by a passing child.


Adrienne & her creation.


Friday, February 6, 2009

Chinese New Year

We as a family went to the Discovery Center to celebrate the Chinese New Year. We got to make crafts, go on a scavenger hunt, sample food & see a dragon!


Guess who? (See Tony in the background?)

Adrienne kept flapping the mouth open & closed & made it very difficult to get a shot of her smile. :)
Eli in the Dragon costume.

The real dragon dancers.

They came around & the kids got to feed the dragon. So thrilling to have a dragon so close!

And... Eli made it into the newspaper with his dragon creation.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Discovery Center


My monkeys up in the tree.


Showing off their climbing ability!

The world of the tiny object is so fascinating. Adrienne could have stayed here the whole time.



A nod to Uncle Dusty. Just imagine it says Ford instead of Nissan. :P



She really had fun replacing the muffler, changing the oil, trading out the license plates & rotating the tires. We may have a future mechanic on our hands.
This was one of Eli's favorites of the day. Using levers the kids can make the bowling ball travel up & down the course. They would try & see how fast they could make it through. It required teamwork & it was neat to see them figure out how they could best work together to make it happen.


Transportation galore : cars, trucks & trains

Bringing coal from the mines to the train.