Lawrence Hall of Science

On Thursday, I was determined to get a couple of things in. We went and tried out our museum passes at the Lawrence Hall of Science. I'd been there a few times as a kid, but had never taken our children there, and now, suddenly, they seemed old enough. The picture above is of their Forces in the Bay exhibit where kids learn about plate tectonics and water and earth erosion. Like their father and uncle before them, the kids here are making dams.
Inside, there was an exhibit on speed. Maddie and Will both showed an uncharacteristic interest in the skiing video game. And both of them did a lot better on it than their parents would have.
This was Sebastian's favorite part of the whole experience: computer software that made your car any way you wanted it. Sebastian made about 15 of them in different models, paint jobs, with special accessories and details. He was a really good car designer.
And he had a great time designing with huge vinyl blocks too. He and Rob had the whole under-Kindergarten section to themselves for a while and took advantage of it.
There were large groups of school kids roaming the place, and we decided afterward that it's probably best in the early afternoon when the field trips are gone, but everyone got to play on things and the kids liked it pretty well, which isn't a bad start for all things scientific.