I kept Peyton and Hunter home with me the week we left for Michigan. There was no sense in paying for them to be at daycare for only three days. So on Tuesday of that week, I took them to the Science Center. It was my mom's day off of work, so she came with us. And I am so glad she did -- she was such a big help keeping Hunter occupied so that I could play with Peyton.
When we first entered the Science Center, we met this lady who had a little setup to teach about starfish. Peyton schooled her on details about starfish and she was so impressed that he knew so much about them, being so young.
There was a live lizard in this display case. Hunter checked him out. 
Peyton and his friend, the Maryland Blue Crab. (I think I ate his cousin at dinner on Father's Day. Hehe.)
Hunter was quite interested in learning how clouds form in our atmosphere.
At the entrance of the museum, this guy did a static electricity experiment with my mom and Peyton. He had the three of them hold hands so that they could feel the electric current run through each of them around the circle. Pretty neat.
In the dinosaur area, there was this big dinosaur skull. I think its a tyrannosaurus rex. 
Paleontologist Peyton digging for fossils.
This exhibit teaches how a volcano forms. Peyton was controlling the heat under the ground, which eventually caused the volcano to erupt.
Up in Newton's Alley, we learned a lot about physics. 
Here is another picture from the dinosaur area. It's a triceratops skull.
This is Peyton standing next to an actual tire from a space shuttle that was in space. They're pretty big tires!
Astronaut Peyton on Jupiter with Saturn in the background. That space suit was taken up into space in the Space Shuttle Discovery on one of its missions.
Peyton loved laying on the bed of nails. I think he did it two or three different times. It's amazing that the nails do not hurt.
That's me pointing out where my brain tumor was.
Peyton played a harp with no strings!
Hunter decided that the Science Center was just too much fun for him to handle, so he took a little nap.
Peyton visited Antarctica.
And we played with some penguins!
Peyton got to shake "Cal Ripken's" hand. Of course, he has no idea who Cal Ripken is. He was wearing his Orioles gear that day though.
Ewwww, Mom! You're gross.
Captain Peyton was ready to steer the boat. He was taking me on a cruise.
This water table was very exciting to Peyton. I liked that they provided the smocks, because he got pretty wet.
Now Peyton is swimming in the Chesapeake Bay.
Grandmom and Peyton with a big giant crab.
Drop the anchor so that we can set sail, Peyton.
There were many more exhibits that we explored, but I wouldn't want to bore anyone with a million pictures. Peyton had a really good time throughout the Science Center because almost every single exhibit is hands on. He learned a lot about the earth, dinosaurs, the human body and physics. He even learned about stars and constellations by watching a show in the planetarium called "One World, One Sky" featuring Elmo, Big Bird, and some character from the Chinese version of Sesame Street. We had a super fun day at the Science Center. The day started out rainy, but ended up super hot. Before leaving for home, Grandmom treated Peyton to some Rita's. Unfortunately Kyle had to miss the excitement, but we had a good day with Grandmom instead!
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