Lawrence hall of science

Parker and I went to Lawrence Hall of Science today. I forgot to bring the camera, so today's blog comes courtesy of my cell phone.

Naturally, we had to spend some time climbing the strand of DNA out front.



And once inside, he wasted no time going to the marble run, which he played with for about 8 minutes.





We also spent some time playing with the giant foam blocks, which lasted about 1 minute.



We spent about 20 minutes playing with this cool little animation device. I wasn't sure how it worked at first, but Parker was a pro. They had about 15 different little animation strips (bouncing ball, running horse, jumping kangaroo), which you watch through the slits in the side of the spinning cylinder, and Parker played every single one of them.







They have a nice interactive music exhibit, and we spent a good half an hour going from station to station, whacking on whatever there was to whack on. There were a lot of multimedia exhibits, whale songs and stuff, and Parker liked pushing all the buttons more than listening to whatever it was. He liked banging on all the percussion instruments, though.



We also spent a few minutes reading some books, including a spanish language Ten Little Butterflies.



All in all, a good trip.