McWane Your Brain

For Christmas this year, Brett surprised me with a year long family pass to the McWane Science center here in Birmingham. At first I was a little skeptical thinking. . ."A science center. . .I have a two year old and a 4 month old. . .what in the world am I going to do at a science center?" Well let me tell you what in the world we do at the 'science center'. They have a great area for young children called "just mice size". Emmeline and I just call it the mouse house. They have lots of fun things for little kids to do including a water table with flowing water and lots of fun water toys (this is probably Emmeline's favorite display right now), a big jungle gym play ground, a pretend shopping mart complete with shopping baskets, plastic food and cash register. It also has a puppet theater, tons of great puzzles and games, a sandpit, and lot of other little things to explore. All of that is just in the mouse house. There are also a lot of other exhibits which are great. They have a nice aquarium which is pretty cool. In one colorful tank they have a bright green, 5 foot eel. The worker said that eels are nocturnal and that they usually dont come out much during the day, but the last time we were there (yes, we've already been more then once and we've only had the pass for a week) the eel came all the way out of its hiding place and we got to see it in all of its lengthy splender. As he was coming out Emmeline started hissing. .sssssssssss. I suppose it sort of did look like a snake. :) Anyhow, there are so many great things there. Plus it is temp controlled which will be a great feature during the summer!! Here is the question of the year. . .which Christmas gift will get more use during 2008: the Wii or the Science Center. Hmmm, Maybe I'll make it a poll.