Saturday Adventures in NJ

Another fun filled - jam packed day on our mini vacation. Today we decided to head to Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ. We were determined to make this an education filled break from school apparently :o) There were 4 floors of so many different things to explore. We didn't get to see everything even though we were there for more than 5 hrs, but what we did do was great. Below is a picture of Jason helping the kids work the crane in the skyscraper room. Anything hands on is really interesting to the kids.
Before we left this room Aunt Dawn and Uncle Dave decided to experience to the curtain wall. This was an enclosed room where they talked about the feel of hurricane force winds and rain..watching a short video and then a real life demo. It was absolutely hysterical to watch. The winds in the chamber got up to 100 mph and then they got pelted with the rain too...hahahaha.

We went through a few other rooms with hands on experiments for the kids to try. I think my favorite thing by far was the real life "surgery" that Noah volunteered to help with. When he was called up to be one of the doctors he was so cute. He was the anesteiologist - Dr. Noah. The patient Ana (Banana) was having some discomfort in her abdomin. So Noah had to bring over the pole with the medicine to put her to sleep...he put the needle into the banana which had a face with googly eyes on it. After "5 min" of receiving her meds Ana was asleep and the "nurse" pulled the googly eyes off to reveal closed eyes...it was soooo cute. They went on to remove a staple from the banana and then seal her up...then Dr Noah removed the needle and Ana woke up (retached the googly eyes). He had a lot of fun and was excited that he got to keep his gloves..haha. Below is a picture from the middle of surgery:

We saw a 3D dinosaur movie along with so many other things. We were all tired and decided to call it a day around 3:30. We drove through Liberty State Park so that we could get a picture of the kids with the Statue of Liberty in the harbor in the background:

Lastly we thought since it was only 4 miles away we were stop at the famous Carlos Bakery in Hoboken, NJ (Cake Boss TV show). The line was around the corner and it was cold, but Dawn & I were determined to wait (since we thought it would be an hour or less). The boys went to get pizza, then parked and waited for us. It was a cool experience and we did get to see a few different people from the show, but it took wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too long. Next time we would have to go during the week when its a lot more managable. The red velvet cupcake with buttercream frosting was super yummy though!!

Now that we have thawed out and are exhausted its time for bed. Need to get some rest for our last day :( We'll probably have a more local adventure tomorrow. There is never a dull moment on our vacations and the memories we make are amazing!!