Ever since seeing Pirates of the Caribbean, Diego often "AAARGH!"s running around the apartment. And whenever we're at Toys R Us he would hand me a foam sword so we could do some swashbuckling (a little girl once joined us, too). So when the Real Pirates exhibit opened at theFranklin Institute, we were all excited to see it. It is the first exhibit, or finding for that matter, of real pirate treasure (click on the link below). In it you get to actually touch the treasure! Some pieces of eight are framed in plexiglas with finger holes.
Entrance to the exhibit was done in batches every 30 minutes. So while waiting for our turn we decided to watch a 20 minute 3D film entitled "Sea Monsters" featuring prehistoric sea creatures. Diego, with 3D glasses on, watched quietly. Occasionaly he would look towards the back of the theater where Mae stood while watching, rocking Pio in his baby sling. It was more than halfway into the movie when Diego leaned toward me and whispered inquiringly: "This Pirates?"
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The Franklin Institute is a hands-on playground/museum with two movie theaters (the other shows IMAX films).
Bubuwits is inspired by Kidbits, my high school batchmate Liza de Leon Echevarria's Yahoo egroup of anecdotes about her kids. We used to call Diego "Bubu" (Pio, we call "Sweetie", because of his generosity giving kisses out)
http://www2.fi.edu/exhibits/traveling/pirates/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seamonsters/educators/
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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