Playing with DaVinci's Machines

What do you do when you're lamenting the fact that your baby will be going off to church camp for the very first time? And will be spending the weekend before she leaves with her Nana and Boppy?

Why, you ignore any need for housework, laundry or productivity and decide that you will spoil the child rotten with outings, trips and special treats, of course!

In all seriousness, Miss Taylor had asked if I'd take her to see the DaVinci Machines exhibit at the Mayborn Museum so I thought that would be a great outing right before she took off for Nana's house and then camp. The day before we also did some shopping and hit the swimming pool so, needless to say, we had some good bonding time before she flew the coup.

This is a really cool exhibit and I recommend it to anyone in and around Waco. DaVinci was truly ahead of his time and created machines using ball bearings, a parachute and catapult years before their time. There are actual replicas of those machines at the museum right now and you can touch, turn and use them!

Her aim was pretty good!

Hmm...what's this one? Oh yeah, a water saw.

Very cool

Twisting and turning...

How's this for a parachute?

Needed a little help with this one

She read all of the plaques so she knew exactly what she was working with :-)

Can you say flotation device?

They were all hanging from the ceiling, too, which was awesome.

There were people there to explain the machines as well.

Just workin' with a cannon

Hmmm...

Ball bearings - giant ones!

Me thinks DaVinci was a bit obsessed with flight.

It was really tall so this photo was taken from afar.

Tay had an awesome time and kept telling me that was "the coolest exhibit they've ever had here." We will be going back after vacation because she is convinced that "Davey needs to see it, too." And I must concur.

We spent some time in the rest of the museum as well. This has been one of Tay's favorite places for years but she never tires of the activities so it's a good place to spend an afternoon. 

Plus, it has air conditioning and I'm a big fan of that this time of year. Particularly when my car tells me it's 102 degrees before summer officially gets here. What is up with that, Lord?

I have lots more photos but am going to do a separate post for those so your retinas don't bleed.

You're welcome.

The end.

For now.