This weekend, the Liberty Science Center had a special event for blogger from the New Jersey Moms Blog, NYC Moms Blog, and Philly Moms Blog. We unanimously declared it the best blogger family event we'd ever attended. Even my husband agreed. He didn't get that semi-comatose look he usually gets when we enter children's museums. He was as into it as the kids. Hawaii is probably the only place we would have been happier to be at on this frigid day.
The last time we went to the Liberty Science Center, about a year and a half ago, it had just reopened after a huge renovation. We had been underwhelmed by the offerings for little kids and had just written off as a big kid activity. This time we were blown away by the experience, and we didn't even have time to explore the permanent exhibits! We mingled with the other bloggers and were treated to four different shows: Fun with Liquid Nitrogen, a Live Animal Show, and a 3-D planetarium show starring Big Bird and Elmo.
Between shows, we got to mingle and meet each other's families. I realized that over the last year, I've gotten to know a bunch of great ladies from the tri-state area. A year ago, I attended a Kung Fu Panda event and knew no one. This time I was so excited to meet everyone's husbands and kids. I saw Liz from This Full House, Melissa from Fits and Giggles, Feener from Mommy Vents, Amy from Selfish Mom, Kate from Kate Spot, Jen from the Kamienski Chronicles.and
The liquid nitrogen show was amazing. We actually saw it twice! Balloons were shrunk and shoved into small containers, rubber was hardened, and we learned a lot about gases, solids, and liquids. We were all amazed by the cold cloud big finale: it was like walking on the moon.
The 3-D Planetarium place was shown in this cool inflatable black bubble contraption. Entering was the hardest part - almost like re-entering the womb. But once inside, we were treated to an intimate exploration of the skies as seen in the US and China. Juliette loved having Elmo and Big Bird walking around all around us. We all lay down on the floor and looked up at the stars, completely mesmerized.
I would say this post definitely qualifies as a Wordful Wednesday post!
7 comments:
Looks like a great place for young kids! We've got a place in San Francisco called the Exporatorium, that is hands on like that for the kids. They love it. And glad you had fun at your blogger event!
OH I'm jealous! Do you think I can start talking these places into doing these kind of events for us West coast moms?
It was great to see you too on Saturday. Great event!
Seems dreamy to meet up with real mom bloggers in real life eh?! COOL! I'd love to see the nitrogen show for sure!
I wish we had a place like that to take the kids. Looks like a great place.
i've been to many museums over in USA and I must say I'm blown away at how fun they can be even for adults!
How Fun!!!
And, it is also fun getting to meet other bloggers you follow.
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