Ahoy!

I took the day off to spend with Marina today. It was cool and windy – not a day to spend outside. So I asked Marina what she would like to do. She responded she wanted to go to the Museum to see the pirate exhibit instead. So we decided to do that. She wanted to see the pirate exhibit first, but the tickets we got were for half an hour after we arrived. So, she busied herself at Health exhibit for that time. We did a breakfast cereal experiment. I went through the directions and told Marina what steps to take, but she did most of the process herself.

After the experiment, we went up to the Real Pirates exhibit. We took a really good look at the bell of the ship and the cannons. She was excited to see one of the pirates before we entered the ship replica. She told him she lost a tooth. He asked, “Did you lose it in a fight?” She insisted she didn't. Then he showed interest in the “treasure” she got for it. She seemed a little scared inside the ship, but she got over it quickly. I was surprised she wasn't more interested in looking at the treasure. She seemed a bit bored for the rest of the exhibit. So we decided to go to lunch.

After lunch, we went to Space exhibit. Then we went back to the Health exhibit. Marina went to her usual favorite areas and we caught the Super Food Hero show. Once again, she was chosen to be Spinachiever – that's always her goal when we see that show. She really hammed it up this time. the hero loved that! Our last stop was the play area. Marina played with wind tunnel, a computer drawing table and she made a bat out of paper and a toilet paper roll. We'd had a full, fun day.