Impression 5 and the Pet Store

Last year, we took the kids to Impression 5, a children's science museum in Lansing.  Samantha really enjoyed it then, but Sophia wasn't quite walking yet and was mostly confined to her stroller.  Now that Sophia is older (and mobile), we decided to surprise the girls and take them back there on Saturday morning.  To say that they had a great time would be an understatement.

Something as simple as dominoes was even a big hit.

Steve helped the girls construct an "arch" using these foam blocks.  I was pretty impressed, but then again, I did marry an engineer.

Samantha's all-time favorite exhibit was this bubble that you could build around yourself. 

She kept going back, time and time again, to do it herself.

Sophia spent some time in the "music" room, cranking out some tunes on the piano.

While Samantha was still pre-occupied in the bubble area ...

... Sophia and I spent some time doing some coloring.

(She's pretty good at holding pencils).

Then Samantha joined back up with us to work as a team with Sophia.  Together, they did their own interpretation of a "life cycle."

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After we left the science museum, we had one more surprise for the girls -- we took them to a local pet store and let them see a variety of animals (fish, birds, guinea pigs, snakes, lizards, etc).

They were fascinated!