Strong

One of our favorite things to do when visiting Grandma

and Grandpa is go to The Strong Museum of Play. They

had many added rooms of fun stuff this time.

This little room was for kids 6 and above because it

almost made you sick because of the optical illusion.

It was just one little room built on a 45 degree, or so,

angle. It was weird because your brain thought you

should be vertical with the stripes in the room, but

gravity said otherwise. Notice the padding on the

right side of the picture, it was very hard not to slam

into it. It was such a weird feeling, the picture just

doesn't do it justice. Evey had to battle gravity to

pose, before hitting the pads again.

Grandpa and Lex

This was another illusion room, we had to do many combinations...

Cousins on Sesame Street!

BRACE FOR IMPACT!! I don't think I would want captain

Evey for my pilot!

There were so many fun things to do, the kids rode a little

train, put on a play, landed a miniature hot air balloon,

solved clues, and...Climbed buildings?

This was a new area. A Super Hero area.

Oooh, Lex and Jon loved that! But Paris was having a great

time climbing the building like Spiderman.

Lex needed a little boost. Spiderdaddy was happy to help.

Dawn Treader?....I'm not sure. It was Storybookland or

Bookville, or something to do with books and reading. This was

also a new area, but we didn't get too stay long because

the last showing of the Butterflies was quickly approaching.

At first glance I thought this was Wizards Chess

(from Harry Potter for all yous guys who may not

know what that is), but then I realized it was the

giant's lair from Jack and the Beanstalk. There was

a harp and a huge Connect Four game because, ya

know, in the story the giant says, "Fee, fie, foe, fess.

I want to play Connect Four and Chess"

(I'm really sorry I couldn't help myself...I'm a dork!)

So, we walk in the door to the Butterfly atrium, and first

thing a big butterfly lands on Winters head. So pretty,

but my camera hadn't adjusted to the massive overload

of humidity, so the lens was fogged up and I didn't want to

stop snapping pictures and clear it for fear of the butterfly

taking off again. It actually stayed for quite a while.

And Wynn didn't seem to mind at all.

The illusive Blue Morpho Butterfly. There were a ton,

but as soon as they landed they would close their wings

and the other side is only brown. I took a million shots

trying to get one with its wings open, and this is about

the best I could do! Sad day in sweaty butterfly land.

And, of course, they had to ride the carousel.