Springfield Discovery Center 2011: "Blinded With Science" Edition

I wish we had one of these at the house. We could probably cut our utility bill by a third. Despite all his rage he is still just a hamster in a wheel. Or something.









My granddad always used to say something like "count no day lost when you've learned something." I wish I could say that's what was happening here. I honestly think we were just trying to break this thing.












This thing was fascinating in so many ways, but the most fascinating was that none of us ended up chipping a tooth.









The amazing thing is that he was just as accurate as predicting the weather as the guys who do this for a living.









Meteorologists. HA!









Look, I love the kid, but his sense of Mise-en-scene is atrocious.









Kids these days are so jaded. So cynical. I tried desperately to convince him that these bones were real. He wasn't having it. "They're plastic, dad." It bummed me out.









Then I convinced him to drink out of a toilet/water fountain. And all was right with the world.












Look at how much he wants to knock over this thing. He's scowling at me because I told him he couldn't break it yet. About 21 seconds after this photo was taken he slipped in his chair, bumped the table, and "accidentally" knocked it over. Hmmm.