Pacific Science Center

We took a short trip to Seattle this past weekend. The pass wasn't bad, my cousin Pauline and her family hadn't moved to Wash D.C. yet, and the girls had Wed. off. So, off we went. We spent Thursday at the Science Center.
The girls loved the Butterfly Pavilion, well, actually Kaylee and Kiera LOVED it...the younger ones thought it was ok, but both were pretty paranoid that the butterflies would land on them.
We saw an IMAX movie about dolphins. I only felt a bit dizzy a few times, but mostly it was fun to feel like you were swimming with the animals.

They had a fun animation exhibit where we learned all sorts of info about how cartoons were made in the past as well as present day. Found an interesting display showing a cartoon from the early 70s called "Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan." As we were leaving Mikenna exclaimed, "MOM!! It's Tom & Jerry!!" She and Kassi have been watching Tom & Jerry, they LOVE IT!!

There was also an exhibit on digital art by Chris Jordan. It was very interesting. If you look at the photo above, I inserted a pic of a close up of the pic behind the girls. Also, I got in trouble taking pictures because I didn't notice the sign that said, "No photography." It was right there too...I put an arrow above where the sign was. Oops!!

Anyhow, we had a lot of fun.

When we went to leave, the battery on the van didn't work...I think, when we first got to Pauline's, I must have left the headlights on...draining the battery, but was able to get a jump start and it drove fine Wed. evening, and we were able to get to the Seattle Center w/o event, but maybe sitting there in the cold killed it? Luckily, there were a few ladies leaving and they were able to give us another jump. (I'm glad I didn't have to approach any guys, although I'm sure they would have been helpful.)