Super Power Party

This past Saturday, the McWane Science Center held a fund raising event called the Super Power Party. We were invited by one of my attorneys whose daughter is in Sarah's class.

I was told that there would be Super Heroes there and the kids were encouraged to dress as their favorite super hero, too. It just so happens that Sarah and Cloosty had costumes - Supergirl and Superman. I wore my new Batgirl t-shirt and Pete wore a Batman t-shirt.

The McWane Center never fails to amaze and entertain! There were oodles of neato experiments, acitivites and demonstrations plus SUPER HEROES! Wow! We saw Batman, Flash, The Green Arrow, Harley Quinn (okay, she's not a hero), Spiderman, Spiderwoman, and Supergirl! Supergirl was a big hit and very popular with the little girls. I don't think I've ever seen so many little Supergirls running around!

One of the neato experiments was watching them make ice cream with liquid nitrogen! They eyeballed the measurements of the ingredients - sugar, vanilla and half&half - added the liquid nitrogen and Voila! Ice Cream! And it was pretty good!

Next we saw some live sea creatures - sea urchins, star fish, a LIVE horse shoe crab (never seen one alive before!) and some sea slugs. That was way cool!

Other experiments/activities: they blew up balloons... I mean the BLEW them up. I guess they filled the balloons with hydrogen because they were floating and then held a flame close then FWOOOM! A HUGE explosion! Super LOUD!

- Setting a dollar on fire. I only caught the end of that, but the money didn't burn.

- Super Hero Trivia. You know I was THERE and kicking some butt. Hehe.

- Batman Forensics. I missed that one.

On the third level was a buffet. I was a bit disappointed with this - not a big selection and pretty wimpy food at that. But they were playing episodes of the Justice League and the dessert buffet was tasty. :)

The kids,... we ALL had major fun! I'm seriously thinking about signing us up for a membership.