Saturday was the Robot Rumble day at the Museum. We didn't realize this in advance, but fortunately we got a late start, so we missed the worst of the crowds (and the important part there is that we got to park in the main parking lot instead of having to take a shuttle from the overflow!) As with last year when we accidentally came on Robot day, the boys weren't all that interested in the robots, except for the one in the top picture here (designed by a high school team, I believe), which threw basketballs.
But, we enjoyed the usual activities. We ended up in separate train seats because James wanted to sit on the nine car and Matthew wanted one with a seven (which turned out to be 17). :) Mike and Mattie got the better end of that deal, because the little girl in car 8 screamed her head off most of the trip. (She was probably only one year old, so you can't blame her, but it was not pleasant!)
Mattie wanted to go to the Butterfly House, so we stopped in. The butterfly release was finished, but apparently this large butterfly here just wasn't ready to fly yet and had been passed around to several people. Mattie remembered just how to do it, holding out his hand for the butterfly to climb on. Jamesie followed suit, but we had to remind him not to pet the butterfly's wings!
Saturday was the Robot Rumble day at the Museum. We didn't realize this in advance, but fortunately we got a late start, so we missed the worst of the crowds (and the important part there is that we got to park in the main parking lot instead of having to take a shuttle from the overflow!) As with last year when we accidentally came on Robot day, the boys weren't all that interested in the robots, except for the one in the top picture here (designed by a high school team, I believe), which threw basketballs. 
But, we enjoyed the usual activities. We ended up in separate train seats because James wanted to sit on the nine car and Matthew wanted one with a seven (which turned out to be 17). :) Mike and Mattie got the better end of that deal, because the little girl in car 8 screamed her head off most of the trip. (She was probably only one year old, so you can't blame her, but it was not pleasant!)
Mattie wanted to go to the Butterfly House, so we stopped in. The butterfly release was finished, but apparently this large butterfly here just wasn't ready to fly yet and had been passed around to several people. Mattie remembered just how to do it, holding out his hand for the butterfly to climb on. Jamesie followed suit, but we had to remind him not to pet the butterfly's wings! 
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