Sunday, May 23, 2010

Happy Birthday To Me

To mark the occasion of my turning 32, we ventured out to the Whitaker Center Science and the Arts in Harrisburg.
This is the first birthday in all my 32 years when I needed a jacket or ate soup for lunch (I'm sure about the jacket and almost sure about the soup).
The science center had some interesting exhibits.
Here are Owen and I in the hurricane room in 95 mile an hour winds.

I don't think we look too bad considering the conditions. They also had a kids play area with the usual grocery store, stage/dress-up area, and water table. While we enjoyed ourselves, we felt that overall the science center had a rather busy feel, and for the driving time and cost, we rather return to the Science Factory right here in town when we have the time and inclination for a sciencey outing again.
Owen went to sleep when we were almost home.

He's been riding in the back alone the last couple of weeks - even when there are 2 adults in the car. He as gone to sleep in the car twice since then.
When we got back home, Abram grilled salmon and veggie kebobs and made baked potatoes.

He also made a VERY sweet raw goat milk ice cream for dessert. Afterwards, we played the new game, Camp, that they got for me. It is a tiered trivia game where you answer questions about nature to move around the board. Most of the questions we got tonight were animal ID questions for Owen and some random state bird, nomenclature, and animal behavior questions for me and Abram. It was a pretty fun game, and I like that it is tiered so that each player can choose his/her own level or questions and the whole family uses the same cards. (Each card has four related questions on it.) It is our first move-around-the-board game to play with Owen.

3 comments:

KiwiObserver said...

Happy belated Birthday Melinda!!

Possum said...

Thanks!
M

Tracy said...

Happy Birthday!