The Schenectady Museum has the world's oldest known commercial electron microscope. I think that's something special.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Thatcher Park
Back in September my sister Caitlin and I took the kids and our dogs to Thatcher Park. We wanted to take the kids onto the Indian Ladder Trails, but two hurricanes had blown through the area and I deemed it too dangerous to do with two little boys while watching two doggers. Still, it was fun doing the hike along the top of the cliff and back again. There was also a birding class going on there that day. There were a bunch of people from the local bird rescue there to talk about raptors and migrating birds and they were set up all along the trail. If we had known, we probably wouldn't have brought the dogs since we had to avoid all the booths because of the birds.
We found fossils, Indian paintbrush flowers, mushrooms and don't forget the beautiful views. It was a really beautiful day to be there!
Brody & Icesis
Brody: "Hey Icesis! Do you see that DOG across the street?!?!"
Icesis: "Yes! Yes! The DOG is right there!! Let's stare!"
Schenectady Museum
Early in our NY trip the kids and I went to the Schenectady Museum. They have a planetarium there and bunch of exhibits about trains. Because Schenectady is home to General Electric, there are a lot of science based exhibits at this museum in addition to a planetarium.
Trent is standing next to a cardboard cut out of Charles Proteus Steinmetz. I used to play in Steinmetz park all the time as a kid and had no idea who this man was until this particular visit to the museum. He sounded like an interesting fellow. Here's his wiki entry.
The kids were mostly interested in playing with the train tables or the computers that were available at the museum.
Old School Teeter Totter
There's a little play right near my Mom's house in NY that has REAL teeter totters! The boys loved them!
Adorable Bento
Picked these up at Old Navy of all places! They are adorable and we got the matching water bottles to go with them. They are the perfect size for two little dudes. I put the food in the top part and a juice pouch in the bottom. Got these in New York early in September.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
World Trade Center Exhibit
The World Trade Center Exhibit at the New York State Museum for the 9/11 tenth anniversary.
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