Scottie the Scientist

For Valentine's Day, Hyrum gave me the best present ever, he finished his paper two days early and spent the WHOLE day on Saturday with me and Scottie.  Talk about a fun gift.  He also gave me those pearls he bought in China that I knew he had and that he had been hiding since July. Now that is patience on my part.  :)  So to take advantage of his day with us, we went to the Pacific Science Center.  That place is so fun.  

Highlights of the trip:

• Naked Mole Rats-Scottie loved watching them climb around their tunnels.  They mostly were eating and sleeping but there were a few of them that were entertaining us with their wrestling and tunneling.
• IMAX-we decided that one 3-D movie on fish (non-fiction and everything) was okay for our media fast since we haven't watched any real movies or shows and will hold off on anymore for the rest of the month.  Plus these tickets need to be used before the end of March and who knows when this baby will come.  Scottie actually kept his 3-D glasses on the whole time and only got scared when the fish were hunting.  He really loved the bubbles that floated out into the crowd at the end and tried to catch the images.  
• There was a bubble man that demonstrated cool bubble-blowing techniques including blowing bubbles out of helium that floated away, and bubbles out of liquid nitrogen that dropped down to the floor.  Fascinating.
• Water area.  Playing in water is always fun, especially when there are boats to experiment with.  

Here are some pictures of the adventure:

This giant chair and table shows Hyrum how Scottie feels when we put him in normal chairs and scoot him up to the table to eat.  

We tried to get Scottie to look at the camera but playing in the water takes a lot of concentration.

The butterfly house!  It was really cool.

3-D IMAX goggles.  Hyrum helped Scottie get them right for the show so that he could participate in the fun.

What a great day!  Thanks Daddy!