Saturday Outing

This last weekend I told the kids if they got their chores done by a certain time, I'd take them to the Discovery Center. It seems that we don't get to the Discovery Center much during the school year because we can only go on Saturday (they close at 4:30, which is just when the kids are getting home) and Saturdays are often busy with other things.

We knew they had some new exhibits to see, so it was past time for a visit. I love how they change their exhibits fairly often so there is always something new to see and discover, as well as the old favorites.

We only spent an hour or so there, but it was fun.

Here's Hayley checking out one of the new exhibits on time and speed (using strobe lights):

And McKay trying to figure out the different sports balls by feel:

Courtney and Hayley are working on some balancing:

Hannah walked past all the new stuff and found her favorite spot -- building towers with the wooden slats:

The kids played a bit with the quicksand effect:

On our way out, we stopped to take some pictures at the DHDC letters out front (which stand for Don Harrington Discovery Center).

"C" is for Courtney

"H" is for Hayley

And Hannah too!

Or just for Humpherys girls!

Or a Humpherys boy, who is all about making strange faces these days...

And his smiles aren't much better - yikes!

Since it was a beautiful afternoon, we decided to walk over to the nearby playground for a bit. And since I had my camera, I couldn't resist taking more pictures.

Courtney is queen of the monkey bars! (And cartwheels too, which she does everywhere she goes these days.)

More faces from this silly boy...

Finally a decent smile!

We walked down to the lake to see the swans and ducks.

When we got back home, Courtney and Hayley decided to get their bikes out for a bit. Hayley is just about ready for those training wheels to come off!

It was a lovely afternoon!