Discovery Zone

The crew packed up (which takes us a good hour these days) and headed to Charlotte today to enjoy the "big city" science museum, The Discovery Zone. Ben attended a class last week at our local science center on space (he called it Astronaut School), so we were primed to play and explore at this fun spot.  The big highlights were the launch chair, all the pulley activities and ball rockets.  Both kids braved the bed of nails, but it spooked Ben to the extreme and the rest of the day any room we entered he would grip Leah's hand and ask, "Is there a bed of nails in here?"  It was another moment of realization that Clara is a full fledged toddler, she was running around and getting right in there with all the kids.   Sometimes, you just want to stop for a moment, make things slow down, freeze.  But we all know that time is a scientific reality we can't deny.  In response, we are called to open our eyes, our hearts, to pay attention, to listen, to embrace it all - and take lots of pictures.