Pole People

See? Cool stuff does come to Midland. :) My sister is in from NC and we took her kids to see 'Strange Fruit' from Australia at the Midland Center for the Arts and then we toured my nephews favorite place in the world..."the science museum". These people were a special even for the Matrix festival. They did their entire routine atop of 14-foot flexible poles. Crazy stuff I say, crazy. If you have kids this age, it's actually an interesting place to tour for an afternoon. Lots of hands-on stuff.



Christina...



Yes, James will be in the second grade in the fall and yet he was thrilled to see a giant periodic table of the elements. He was telling me all about his favorite element...just in case you don't remember first grade...the intricacies of chemistry usually are not in it. I'm pretty sure James will either cure cancer or take over the world one day. (by the way, his favorite element is plutnium because it's radioactive...and there is a very interesting answer that comes along with asking him what he would do with it if he could have some. He is ever the scientist...this could be a problem if he does decide to take over the world one day. heehee)



This cool guy was one of the guys from the MCFA who saw us unsuccessfully trying to build this arch and get it to stand so he came over and showed us how it's done. The kids really enjoyed him - and actually the adults did too. I've been to that museum lots of times but getting insight from a pro really made it interesting.