Nashville Children's Discovery Center

Since Marissa and Micaela were here for Spring Break, we decided to go to the Children's Science Discovery Center in Downtown Nashville. It was really fun! We arrived shortly after opening and got through the entire bottom floor before it got really crowded. The kids really enjoyed learning about physics and space. Nolan really loved the sound and pitch area... we couldn't get him to leave the piano! We coaxed Nolan from the piano to the wooden train set, were Ian and I sat and watched him while the others played in the giant 4 story fun house type thing (I didn't get to go inside because I had a stroller, so I couldn't really say what was inside it other than the kids were there forever and were really sweaty when they came out!)

By the time we completed the first floor and the playhouse, the place was getting really packed. We rushed through the human body because everyone was getting hungry. After they saw almost everything (we skipped the bee exhibit), we decided to go home. When we were walking outside, the lady at the front desk warned us that we were under a tornado watch and that the storms were to the North and moving North-East, so I thought we were okay to go. Totally should have stayed! We got everyone in the car and started on the way home.

We weren't in the car for five minutes when it started to downpour and the tornado warning sirens went off. I looked for somewhere to go, but where can you stop when you're on the freeway? So we continued to drive through the rain and traffic. It seemed to go on forever when all of a sudden it was gone. I'm not kidding... from total darkness and rain to bright blue, clear skies. The rest of the drive home was uneventful. When we got home, we found out that that storm had spawned 4 tornado's and destroyed 97 homes, killing 2 people and injuring hundreds of others. Scary stuff.

I'm just glad that we were okay and we got home safe.

Here are the pictures of the day:

Nolan and Marissa at the sound, pitch and frequency station.

Brennan and Nolan at the piano.

Nolan playing with the trains~ can you believe how big he's getting?

Brennan digging up balls with a hydraulic shovel.

Brennan moving the ball with his mind!

Brennan testing his reaction time~ he wouldn't make the best goalie, but he was a pretty good shooter!