Edmund and Mommy Check Out "Rhapsody in Blue"Steven and I both have two weeks off for the Christmas holidays, so we decided to make the most of our time with Edmund. We received a coupon in the mail for free adult admission to one of North Carolina's hands-on science museums, The Museum of Life and Science, and decided it would be the perfect place to spend one of our days off. This
was not because we thought Edmund would necessarily get much out of the museum at his age, but because his mother uses any excuse she can to visit. For those of you who don't know, I love museums.When we arrived at the museum Edmund was fast asleep. Steven decided this would be the perfect time to explore the space section. The museum has recently added new exhibits and done an excellent job of updating, but the space exhibit has remained fairly stable for the last ten years. Steven showed me all his favorite parts from childhood while Edmund slept. I'm amazed that in a few months he'll be able to show these exhibits to an Edmund who will actually appreciate them.
After a relatively short nap, Edmund awoke. Our first stop with an alert Edmund was the museum's new section for children 6 months to 6 years. When we entered the young children's area, a little girl was pump
ing water through a big tube, which in turn created bubbles. Edmund was mesmerized by the bubbles. Steven and I took over pumping when the little girl decided she had had enough. Edmund would have looked at the bubbles all day, but after about five minutes of pumping his parents had had enough. As there was not much else Edmund could really do until he began crawling, we left the area to go view the Holiday Springs and Sprockets exhibit. The exhibit was perfect for Edmund. It involved a bunch of random materials linked together to create movement. To give an example, one of the installments looked like the scene in the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" where Professor Potts makes breakfast for his children (let me know if you get the reference). With that we concluded Edmund's first trip to the museum.There is much more to see and do outside, a butterfly house, a petting zoo, a wind exhibit, a nature exhibit with bears and lemurs, etc., but seeing as we chose one of the coldest days of the year thus far for our visit, we decided to skip them until Edmund is a little older. Believe me, I can't wait!
