Saturday, August 25, 2012

Magic House

 We are always amazed at the activities at the Magic House, a wonderful children's museum in Kirkwood.  The special exhibit this time was the Magic Tree House with many wonderful scenes for the children to re-enact from the books.
 There is also a roof-top garden area where the cafeteria grows veggies which they serve.
 But, there are garden activities for the kids, also like making a pouch with a bean to sprout.
 Speaking of bean sprouts, there is a three story beanstalk the children can climb up or down.
 We discovered a mystery area which would certainly appeal to my older grandchildren.  They have to figure out who committed the crime based on the clues.
Here is a microscope to compare hair samples of the suspects with hair found on the scene.
 There are many areas to try out different careers like a construction worker,

 The President of the United States or a pediatrician.
 We had lunch outside on the front porch, but we still had some time for a little more fun.

It is easy to see why children have voted this their favorite place to go in several surveys!

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.