OMSI

We went with the family to OMSI the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  It was the first time I've ever been there, and it was a lot of fun!  One of the first places we went was a place that allowed you to fill a 2-liter bottle with water (about half way), put compressed air into it, and shoot it into the air (don't worry, there were guides for it that kept it contained).  It was like what we did last Thanksgiving at the Streeter house, where we were shooting them over their house's roof from the shop.

We made out way into the world of little Nerf balls.  It was awesome!  They had these little contraptions that had tubes coming out of them and would blow air out, and you could set up tunnels and shoot balls at each other.  Kate and Liam LOVED it, and felt very at home there.

Claire worked with Taylor building different networks of tubes.

Taylor brought the air from the little contraption (by where Liam is standing) over to a rain-gutter-like thing, then would put balls in and they'd be blown up and into another room.  He thought he was quite clever.

There was an earthquake house, which simulated 2 earthquakes that have happened in the Pacific Northwest in the past 30 years.  I'd prefer that to be my only earthquake experience!

There was an area for kids that had a little water exhibit.  Kate and Liam loved walking around and playing in the water.

One of the moving exhibits that happened to be in OMSI was Grossology.  In this exhibit, we learned about burping, poop, boogers, urine (there was a game, called Urine, the game, where you played the roll of the kidneys, re-directing red blood cells, sugar, water, and other waste to either the bladder or to the blood vessels).

flatulence (sound is about 1 thing - vibration);

zits, scabs, and moles (on the climbing wall below), and other fun things.  I'm sure Nana was thrilled to be there.  Since T was with us, we couldn't miss it, though, and we ended up having a good laugh at it all.