Vetenskapsmässa

I lördags var det dags för årlig Vetenskapsmässa vid biblioteket i Cambridge, som start på årets Vetenskapsvecka. Det är en stor mässhall med massor av utställare, och en grusplan utomhus med ytterligare utställare, alla med pedagogiska vetenskapsaktiviteter för barn. Tyvärr var det så grymt mycket folk i år att vi knappt orkade försöka armbåga oss fram till aktiviterna.

Tjejerna tyckte i alla fall att det var kul. Vi hann prova att bygga kretsar för att tända lysdioder och titta på robotar innan halva familjen tappade bort andra halvan. Zoey och jag fortsatte med att bygga en håv för att fånga plankton av en sönderklippt nylonstrumpbyxa, en sönderklippt plastflaska, två sönderklippta plastmuggar och fem gem, och med att tillverka blått slime. Zoey tyckte nog det var allra coolast att tillverka blått slime, för hon fick både en labbrock, skyddsglasögon och handskar som hon sedan fick ta med hem. (Just nu önskar jag att Darrin och jag inte hade bestämt oss för att aldrig posta bilder där det går att tydligt se barnens ansikten, för jag har världens gulligaste bild på Zoey i full labbmundering!)

Båda måste ha tyckt att det var kul, för på väg hem i bilen sa de att de ville bli "scientists" när de blir stora, och när de kom hem gjorde de iordning ett vetenskapsbord, klädde på sig Zoeys nya labbkläder och lät mig och Darrin komma och göra experiment.

A normal weekend

Some would say that we plan too many things for the weekend. I am not so sure about that. In fact, I would say that we plan just the right amount of things for the weekend. Just enough to keep us busy, but leaving enough time just to enjoy the time. take this Saturday for example.

- Girls sleep in
- breakfast in bed for the girls
- I go to the store to get some stuff
- We go to the Fresh Pond Day with activities and crafts before lunch
- Come home for lunch
- Go to the Science Fair at Cambridge Library (in the pouring rain, I might add)
- Home for a nice dinner
- Back out to MIT for a special light program
- Walk home along the Charles, get home about 10.30

See, a nice relaxed day. The amazing thing though is that the kids did not kill other or we did not want to kill the kids.

MIT Open House

One of the things that I love about Boston/Cambridge is that their is always something going on. I am sure that all big cities have this going for it, but Boston is excellent for that. Much more then other big cities I have been in.

Case in point, this weekend was crammed pack with things to do. Saturday was the start of Cambridge Science Week and it was also an open house at MIT to celebrate their 150 anniversary, Native American Pow Wow at Harvard, Art Day at Harvard and I am sure a whole lot more.


We decided to go to the open house at MIT (shocking, I know). It was a bit overwhelming the number of activities that they had planned. We tried to investigate before hand, but honestly, the website was crap in trying to figure out what was going on. So we just went there and found a couple of things. We all had our different favorite ones. I liked the blimp races, though I was the only one. M liked Mr. Magnet (an older guy who did magnet experiments for the younger kids. Both girls got to help out, which they were excited about). Z's was the bouncy castle and slide and N's was using the pedometer to see if she could win an ipad (we didn't, or I should say she didn't).


It was a lot of fun and it was the first time they have had an open house like this at MIT for 40 years or something, so that is cool. I would of liked to take the girls to the Pow Wow though. It took me back to my OA days and it is a very cool part of our history/culture. In fairness though, we did not know it was happening until I happen to be walking by and heard the drums. Oh yell, next time.