John was a little afraid of the butterflies at first, because he wanted to immediately leave the butterfly room and do other stuff after our first attempt.
He liked looking at the tank which featured fish and creatures from "Finding Nemo."
Then we went to the "see the world from a bug's point of view" exhibit.
We thought of Naomi when we saw these giant ants.
Of course, John loved climbing in the spider web. We spent a long time there, and he had a hard time adapting when the climbing traffic flow would alternate. Some groups of kids would climb up through the net and down the stairs on the side, others went the other way... there were a couple meltdowns, but he had fun.
The Pavilion also had a bug room, with the typical giant cockroaches, tarantulas, and praying mantises. I held a tarantula, but no photographic evidence exists. It was cool, they actually have retractable toe claws. The museum also had a small touch tank room, with star fish, horseshoe crabs, hermit crabs, etc.
We ended the visit with a trip back to the butterfly room. A butterfly landed on Tony's hand and then John spent the rest of the time with his hand out trying to catch one. He was very disappointed that he didn't.
He was pouting in the car, so I took this video to distract him. He LOVED watching it afterwards. Isn't it funny how people hide smiles when they are being humored out of a bad mood?
Here are two pictures taken by John on the trip down to Colorado Springs. He took about 5, but these are the most representative. This first picture really captures how we spent a lot of the trip: Daddy driving and Mommy navigating with the Blackberry GPS app. I love that thing, but we only use it (i.e. pay for it) when we go on long trips.
This one, I believe, is actually an ironic comment on the state of the auto industry, indicated in the skewed frame and the juxtaposition of Toyota, signified by the glimpse of our blue rental car reflected in the window, and Volkswagen, represented by the wordless logo on the front of the dealership...
3 comments:
YOU USED TO DO THAT TO ME ALL THE TIME! I totally remember the "move the chin while using a funny voice" technique all the time when I was small. I also remember always laughing by the end of it and not being able to keep a straight face. That's funny...
And I do like the statement picture - particularly with the ascendent VW logo and since American auto companies are only represented by a very vague and fuzzy reflection of a pick up truck (or SUV) in the distance, like a long ago memory...
hooray for bugs!! what a cool and kid-friendly exhibit.
maybe you could follow this up by reading 2 of Naomi's favorite books from the libray: "Ant Bully" by John Nickle and "Hey, Little Ant" by Phillip Hoose -- both about what it's like to be the size of an ant.
I had no idea the "thumb on chin" trick was a part of my normal repertoire!
John watched the video again today, then later on he did it to me. He said "Hi, I'm mommy and I'm not playing a game." (Because I was waiting for him to get his milk, so that we could go on with the game. Which happened to be "Hi-Ho Cherry-O.")
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