The Trip - Day 7

July 16, 2011

Went to the Farmers Market. The kids enjoyed sampling honey and fudge. We also bought vegetables and strawberries to sit on the curb and eat for lunch. Below Asher is giving Sylvia lessons in the secrets of opening pea pods successfully.



We wandered over to the children's' museum, and found an unexpected source of entertainment for the boys. They had a Water Works exhibit, that was meant to teach younger children how to divert water, as it pumped out of different spouts, and flowed down the table.


Asher started out by playing with the diversion panels alongside of Sylvia. It was a harmless enough beginning.

Mattias started testing the changes in water pressure, as various pumps were blocked.


You could see him morph into mad-scientist mode, as he started connecting various lengths of pvc pipe to certain pump spigots.

Asher became his assistant. With his longer arms, they were able to make even more elaborate creations, which turned into water cannons. It was really cool.

Eventually, everyone was soggy wet. By the time they had used the principle of increased surface area to double the water cannon's water pressure, they were about to soak the ceiling of the museum.


The football-goal-post water cannon pattern proved to be the most effective.


I was sure the staff had not considered the warped minds of boys this age when they installed the exhibit, or they would have put it someplace with 30 foot high ceilings. Not wanting to pay for ceiling damage, I decided it was time to go.




Sylvia had moved on to other exhibits, a favorite being the bubble machine, where she could get trapped in a giant bubble. Sylvia and I would return another day... without the boys.