A Very Scientific Saturday

Our friends, Brian and Liz, called us up on Friday night to see what our weekend plans were. Brian, unsure of what our reaction would be, hesitantly brought up an activity that we could join in on . . . if we wanted to . . . spending Saturday afternoon at the USC Science Center.

Now, I would like to pause for a moment here to give you all a little insight into my husband: Matt LOVES science. He has always been fascinated with the way that things work. Growing up, he spent much of his time fixing up Jeeps in his friend Tiny's garage. He used to take apart anything he could get his hands on - just to figure out how it worked and how to make it better. (He even did a year of engineering school before he decided to be an attorney).

Now, Matt's favorite show of all-time involves the sign featured below. If you recognize the sign and if your dream job would be to work alongside Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, then you and Matt could just be soul mates.

Needless to say, Brian was not expecting such an enthusiastic response to his Science Museum idea.

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On Saturday, when we pulled into the USC Science Center, Matt could barely contain his excitement. He kept saying, "I can't believe you've never taken me here!!" (little did he know that I had looked into us going before, but the negative reviews kept me away . . . though I should have realized that Matt would have fun anyway).

Science Center Activities:

Creating "Earthquake Matt" on the Seismograph.

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Testing the sturdiness of the High Wire Bicycle - as well as the

patience of the ride's operator.

(Matt's Ride Review: "Best $2 I've ever spent!")

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Listening to the sound of . . . ? . . . something scientific

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Flying paper airplanes in a very intense distance challenge

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Piloting the cool little police helicopter

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Battling with foam airplane wings

(Matt clearly has the upper hand in this foam-winged battle - Go Team V!)

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And, of course, stopping at the "Stamp Stop" to make sure that

our Science Center map had been stamped at the various

locations that we visited.

(Who could resist getting their map stamped at these giant green "Stamp Stop" stations?!)

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Overall, despite the fact that the poor reviews were well deserved and that the free admission probably won't be enough to entice us to the Museum again, we all had a very fun-filled Scientific Saturday.