The monkeys, my Mom and I hit the local museum to check out their current Lego (or “bricks” as they called them) exhibit on Thursday night.
It was pretty darn awesome.
Monkey in the Middle, of course, loved the chess pieces.
All three were particularly taken by the large, Lego pencil.
I was really impressed with this piece, called “My Boy.”
I was surprised to find myself actually moved by something built with Legos, but it was hard to look at it and not feel the pain on the father’s face.
They were all pretty amazing, and the boys are now inspired to do more with their Legos than build tower after tower after tower.
So, after checking out all of the Legos, we decided to hit the rest of the museum and see if there was anything else that might catch our eye.
Like the dinosaur exhibit.
Complete with dinosaur nest.
There was a VERY cool music box exhibit, complete with music boxes of all shapes and sizes, and even a workshop where you could create your own music box by punching holes in paper and feeding it through the machine.
And then there was the truly horrifying part of the museum.
The part from which the children screamed and yelled and raced from the room.
Or, perhaps that was just me.
Not just clowns.
Not just dolls.
Clown dolls.
Oh my God.
Seriously.
These clown dolls, staring at me, with faint music box music playing in the background.
If this wasn’t the scene for the newest horror movie to be released, I don’t know what is.
And with this one…
…I am 100% convinced that this clown killed that poor little kitten and then shoved it into his hat and now he covers it with that little red cloth and walks up to kids on the street, asks if they want to see what’s in the hat, and then pulls off the cover to terrify them with a dead cat.
But then, I have clown issues, doll issues, and an overactive imagination.
Overall, it was a great night at the museum.
I’m ashamed to say that it’s the first time I’ve actually taken my kids there, but now that we’ve been there, it definitely won’t be the last.
Clown dolls would totally freak me out. Just dolls in general kind of freak me out. Clown dolls would be taking it to a whole other level!!
Comment by Mad Hen — January 6, 2012 @ 12:00 pm |
Do they still have Free Thursdays from 4-7? We used to go every week when Derek was 1-6 or so. They would have art projects for the kids & it was a lot of fun. Wore me out each week though. It was free to members & maybe $2 for non members. Still a bargain for 1-3 hours of entertainment.
Comment by Carla Corcoran — January 6, 2012 @ 2:40 pm |
Carla, Free from 5-8, hence the Thursday evening trip. 🙂
Comment by abozza — January 6, 2012 @ 3:12 pm |
I loved the Lego exhibit when they had it our local museum, but then again I love Legos (big kid at heart) and the clown dolls would have freaked me out since clowns in general freak me out.
Comment by Lyndsey — January 6, 2012 @ 6:40 pm |
Wow! The Morris Museum certainly has come a long way since Heather & Steph used to go. Even then it was a fun place.
Carla
Comment by Carla — January 6, 2012 @ 10:08 pm |
oh my goodness! the clowns are creepy. the legos are amazing though!
Comment by linzbrackeen — January 7, 2012 @ 9:54 am |
Was at the museum over Christmas, my 17 year old and his grandfather loved the Lego exhibit. I grew up in this museum and love taking my guys when we are in town.
Comment by Liesl — January 8, 2012 @ 9:54 am |