Grace's birthday party

Today was Grace's 2nd birthday party. We had it at the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center.

The science center has stuff for all ages.

We started the party at the Wharf of Wonder.

It's geared for children under the age of 5.

Here's DeCater looking out the light house.

And Aunt Hope and Grace playing in the ball pit.

Grace fell overboard and needed the life saver.

Here's the fish market.

Here's DeCater with his mommy, Sarah.

Even little Drew was anxious to play.

Meanwhile, some of the guys played in the Hands On Hall. This is Ron, DeCater's dad, Uncle Seth, and Grandaddy Freddie.

Before we knew it, it was time for cake! So we headed upstairs.

Here are Grace's presents.

And her cake.

The kids got to play with playdoh.

Grace played peek-a-boo with some seashells.

Grandaddy Freddie played, too.

So did DeCater.

The cake was super yummy!

See?

Then it was time to open presents!

Then we went back to the Hands On Hall.

Then we went to My Body Works exhibit.

There's a six foot beating heart in the room. Very neat but somewhat disturbing. Especially when it speeds up because it's having a heart attack.

You can perform a virtual open heart surgery.

There's all kinds of interactive things to do. You can see how strong you are.

David's really strong.

He had 180 pounds of pressure from one arm while arm wrestling.

And there's this interactive thing that you use your feet to push buttons to pump blood through a heart. It's hard work!

Here's the Bio Lab.

Those are mini brains on those trays.

It's a really cool lab where you can learn about germs.

One of the funniest things was watching the kids (and adults) play with the My Body Noises display.

The science center has more stuff than you can easily do in a day unless you want to spend all day there. We could have easily spent several hours exploring everything, but our tummies told us they were hungry so we finally decided to leave and get some lunch. We ate at the Original Oyster House and then headed home to play with all the new toys. It was a great party for the kids and adults, too.