Today's family adventure was to the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum. I went in the fall with Catherine and Chloe for a field trip but we've never been as a family. After learning about the history of hot air ballooning, we went to the hands-on kid zone. We made little paper whirly things that when put over a fan demonstrate Bernoulli's Principle. You know, that scientific principle that explains how as air travels faster than surrounding air across a surface (like the whirly things), the air pressure against it is reduced and the object lifts. 
Catherine was the most impressed...
Then we headed upstairs where Chloe and Sam worked on puzzles...
And Madelyn rode an airplane...
Madelyn and I also wrote a haiku as part of an open house the museum was having celebrating its new exhibit.Balloons flying up,
Green, yellow, red, blue and pink
Rainbows in the sky
Green, yellow, red, blue and pink
Rainbows in the sky
3 comments:
Sounds fun....great picture of the 7 of you!
i love that photo of the whole family! that's adorable. :) and a well-written haiku too; i love that your child already knows what a haiku is. i was probably about 22 when i figured that one out.
I am so glad you enjoyed your day at the museum. I am the Facility Rentals Coordinator at the museum, and yesterday the director told me that preliminary estimates show that over 600 people attended the open house!
I love the photos of the kids having fun; thanks so much for sharing your day with the rest of us - and for helping to make our open house such a success!
Oh, and if you're looking for something fun to do during the week, please come out on Wednesday mornings for our free Storytime hour. It starts at 9:30 and includes free entrance into the museum.
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