Da Vinci
Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 11:37AM Yesterday, the boys and I had one of those beautiful days. We started out by getting the small amount of schoolwork I had planned for the day out of the way and had an early lunch. Then, we piled in the van and headed down to Denver to enjoy the Da Vinci Exhibition that I'd snagged tickets to through Groupon awhile back...
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This is the boys investigating the Archimede's Screw that moves water from the lower basin to the upper one. :)
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Overall, the boys were pretty happy with the experience and had fun looking at all the inventions, building model replicas and playing in the mirror "room." Many of the pieces weren't new to them, though, as they'd seen a number of them on various tv shows...so they delighted in explaining them to me. ;) The replicas of paintings hanging around the space didn't impress them nearly as much, lol. (Micah, in particular, is perturbed by how the Mona Lisa keeps staring at him regardless of where he is.)
Earlier in the week, btw, we'd been reading about Da Vinci and how he wrote his notes backward (such that you can read it in a mirror). I'd made the boys try it, themselves. (They were then more suitably impressed, lol.) At the exhibit, Noah took this picture:
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Using an app on my iPhone, he thought he was being so smart when he flipped it horizontally so that he could see it the "right" way...but was disappointed to realize that, um, it's not in English. ;)
Anyhow, after that, we wandered briefly around the 16th Street Mall area (the boys like escalators, lol) then headed out to the Flatiron Mall for a snack, the obligatory time at the Apple Store ;) and then time at The Container Store browsing for ideas for the boys' bedrooms.
Right now all three share a room but our summer project is to give 'em each their own room...which will mean dismantling the Lego room (gasp!) and purging what's currently our storage room (and, hence, having a rockin' garage sale...probably on June 2; stop by if you're local!). Wish us luck! In any case, the boys actually had a blast going up and down the aisles of The Container Store, trying to figure out what their rooms will look like, and are now making lists of things they want for their rooms.
After that, we headed home for a little rest before the boys took me out to dinner...a perfect ending to a lovely day. ;)
Reader Comments (1)
Glad to hear they enjoyed it because we need to head down SOON. We've got to use our Groupon tix as well :)