Frank Family Adventures: Discovery Science Center

The boys and I are still playing in Southern California. It has been a great week. The weather has been nice and warm for us. We took a break from the beach and decided to do something educational. We spent the afternoon at the Discovery Science Center. It was so much fun. Ethan loved being able to make all the exhibits work. He really liked putting on the headphones and talking into the microphone. Hudson liked the pitching cage although he couldn't throw the ball far enough for it to track his pitching speed. We went through the quake shake to experience an earthquake. Ethan tried out the hurricane booth. Hudson didn't like that one. Both boys loved the green screen activity area where they could see themselves on the t.v. screen. Ethan was brave enough to lie on the bed of nails. I tried that one too and it is quite surprising how comfortable a bed of 3,500 sharp steel nails can be. He didn't say much about it afterwards, but once we got home he started telling Matt about our adventures. He stopped for a minute and then asked Matt if he would check his back for poky things. We all started laughing! We also walked through the dinosaur exhibit where Ethan got to hear the dinosaur's heartbeat. He thought that was pretty cool. I managed to get a few pictures while we were inside the science center. This will be my last update for a few days. Tomorrow we are headed out to the dunes for a few days. Then we will start the drive back to Oregon.