Canada Trip Part 7 - The Discovery Center (or is that Centre?)

One of the things that the kids really wanted to do was to go to the Discovery Center (Centre).  We told them that if we had time and if they behaved that we would see if we could fit it in.  So on our last full day in Canada, Grandma, Lucas, Caden, and Noah got to go.  Grandpa, Liz, and Halle dropped us off and headed back to the apartment.  Halle had had a complete meltdown earlier in the day at the pizza buffet and at Costco and so she was not able to come with us.  We all felt bad that she couldn't come.  Caden was especially sad.  He begged us to let Halle come.  Even once it was clear that she would not be coming, Caden kept saying to Dad, "I wish Halle could have come, she would love this."  It was cute to see, because even though Caden pretends that he doesn't really like her, I know deep down he does.  They sure fight a lot, but when thick comes to thin they are really good buddies and have a lot of fun together.

Remarkably, Halle was in pretty good spirits afterward.  Even though it was really sad to not have her with us, I think we all realized it was for the best. 

As the picture below shows, the kids were especially excited because they were doing a special Sesame Street exhibit on the body.

 

 Caden really liked the exhibit on the digestive system.  Very informative, but disgusting!

 Noah and Oscar the Grouch

Caden and Noah on Sesame Street

 Noah was excited at the washing your hands station.

The kids really enjoyed grocery shopping too.

 

 Noah liked weighing the produce (and everything else) on the scale.

Caden named this sandwich the "Boogey".  Not quite sure why, but it is monstrous!

 "Look at me!"

The bubble room was a lot of fun.  Noah is at the age where he is obsessed with bubbles big and small.

Oh, no...what happened to the rest of Caden's body!

Noah gettin' some reps on the stationary bike.  No "MOselfies" though.

Everyone had a lot fun building their own roller coasters.  It was cool to see their creations and to watch the ball coast along the track.

 What was interesting is of all the activities I think both Caden and Noah liked the racing station the best.  At this station, you could line up like a track star and race against a light representing a race horse or a couple of different athletes including Olympic Champion Usain Bolt.

Nice form Caden!

Noah was hilarious.  He treated the races like the Olympics and was very dialed in every time.  Every time as he crossed the finish line he exclaimed for everyone to hear "I did it! I won!"  What a cute kiddo.

Thanks Grandma for taking us!