The One With the Peabody Essex Museum

This past weekend, we spent some time at the Peabody Essex Museum. It was a blast.

They had two exhibits that we were interested in seeing. Kiff has shown an interest in shoe design, so we explored the shoe exhibit (called "Shoes - Pain and Pleasure")  they had. It was quite interesting. They had a variety of unique shoe designs from the 1100s to present there....included two pairs I was most interested in - jeweled golf shoes and a pair of Elton John boots. We learned a lot about shoes, from "binding shoes" used in China long ago (those sounded harsh) to elaborate shoes that were hard to walk in, to shoes that were totally decorative (including an "invisible" ghost shoe).

Bri has come to enjoy space (as has Kiff), so after a quick lunch at the Cafe (I miss the old Garden Restaurant), we went to visit the Moon exhibit. That was a lot of fun. There were different images of the moon throughout time.

We were able to find out how much we would weigh on the moon:
Kiff = 12 lbs
Bri = 17 lbs
Emmie = 23 lbs (which was not quite right)
Me = 32 lbs (also not quite right)

The kids also made really neat star lanterns.

All in all, it was a GREAT time.