Orlando Science Center

Last Saturday, we decided to have a family day out so we took the kids to the Orlando Science Center. Unfortunately as we were walking into the Science Center, I noticed that my camera batter was dying and I did not have the battery charger. Here are a few pictures that I did get before the camera battery died. Fortunately I had my camera on my phone, but haven't quite figured out how to get them off of my phone...

The kids had a good time - we spent some time in Kids Town where they got to pick and sort oranges in the Orange Grove Factory,

...climb up into and explore underneath the Kids Town Tree...

...and learn about dams and channels at the water table...

After my camera battery died, they also got to play musical instruments with other kids and do a little cooking in the kitchen area as well as discover what is underneath a city street.

Here we are in the Nature Works exhibit where they saw fish, turtles and baby alligators.

This is Terry and the kids looking at a snake skin. I kept my distance. Didn't realize live animals or anything having to do with snakes would be in the Science Center. No thank you.

We also got to see exhibits with frogs (Terry went into this one), dinosaurs and planets. They loved the "All Aboard" room with kid-sized models of planes, cars, trains and the space shuttle. (These are the pictures that are on my phone right now...) They could have played in the mock cockpit of the space shuttle all day. I guess this means I'll should be planning an afternoon at the Kennedy Space Center...

After the Science Center we got smoothies (I love love love a Mango Magic smoothie from Tropical Smoothie. Terry opted for Planet Smoothie smoothie) and rode back to Melbourne so we could join our friends at the bowling alley. We got there right around the kids' bedtime so we didn't stay long nor did we attempt to get a lane so they could bowl. Maybe next time... They did, however, enjoy the arcade games. Unfortunately they realized that you need money to play the games so the next arcade trip will require some dinero. Note to self. So anyway, that was our Saturday. It was a fun Saturday for the family...hopefully now that the season is over we will get to do normal family stuff like this more often!