I Told You So, Didn't I?

A few weeks ago, I went to the Science Center for the Sesame Street Human Body Exhibit. My parentals planned poorly and no photos of the experience were taken. Well, I reported that I would be going again, and indeed, I did! And I have proof this time! Check out my photo journal right here! See, there's the entrance sign to the exhibit. Right there, on your right!

Elmo is on the main signage and he figures prominently throughout the exhibit. Right after we got there (I went with mommy and Grandma Kathy) Elmo was scheduled to make an appearance - how cool is that??? So, we got in line and I was the second kid that got his picture taken with the star of the exhibit! Elmo was super nice and I wasn't scared at all. I just wasn't too sure what I was supposed to do with my hands.

After giving Elmo a hug, I got to onto Sesame Street and see the door where they always sit and talk to Big Bird, right near Oscar's trash can (look to the right). I went up on the steps and rang the doorbell, but nobody was home. Well, actually people were home and they answered through the speaker but they couldn't come out to play. So as you can see, I was a little unsure. Despite waiting a few minutes, I decided at mommy's urging, that we ought to continue on through the exhibit and see what else there was to offer.


When I realized no one was really going to answer the door, I went into the main area where there was a cool obstacle course. The course had tunnels, walls to climb over, swinging doors and all kinds of cool things. The part I liked best was the slide. There were tons of kids there, but I got to go down the slide a couple of times. The slide was a lot of fun!
The rest of the exhibit is all about learning about the human body and different things we can do to take care of ourselves. For example, there's this whole section on the digestive process. There's these big displays a with giant muppet sized mouth that you can pull this lever and it shows how you chew. Then there's a part that look like the inside of the tummy and you spin this steering wheel and all the peas in the persons tummy swim around like they do when you are digesting them. Then there's the part about waste. On the display there's a big button and when you push it, it makes a yucky sound (like a fart!) and talks about how all the food turns to waste and leaves your body. It was all muppet-like but informative. I am sure it would have made all kinds of sense to me it I was old enough to understand it all. I just liked spinning the steering wheel at the digestive display.

Once I had my fill in the stomach area (get it? full stomach! ha ha) I went over to the Ernie display where he was teaching us all about washing our hands, brushing our teeth and hair and what tools we needed to perform each task. Ernie was on the televsion above my sink and I was able to watch and learn. It was a lot of fun! I really like washing my hands. I couldn't answer most of the questions yet, but mommy helped me through. Even though there wasn't any water coming out of the faucet is was a pretty cool display.


There were a few more displays I went through. One was Elmo's World. They had these magnetic Elmos on the wall and you could pick and choose the outfits and accessories for Elmo to wear. This was also the place we made a pit stop so Grandma Kathy could put my shoes back on me (I had to take them off to play on the obstacle course). Well, the last thing I wanted to do was sit still. So, in typical toddler fashion, I made putting my shoes back on quite a chore for Grandma. She was a real sport though, and sure enough, I got my shoes back on before going over to Mr. Hooper's store.

On the way to Mr. Hooper's store, I got sidetracked by one of my most favorite things in the world - a phone. I love telephones. I don't think mommy has done my love of telephones justice on this blog, but be assured, I love them. I have been playing with phones for months. And if they are real phones, all the better. Well, as you can see, I definitely got sidetracked. And the funny thing of it is, I can't even tell you who I was talking to! Go figure.

I am having trouble posting more photos, so I am going to make this the end of part one and start part two under another posting.

Thanks for hanging on! Stay - tuned!