Move over Ben, here come the Moonbeams Boys

Well happy Sunday evening Blogland Neighborhood. Hope you all had a nice weekend. We here at MBIAJ Headquarters took a little field trip today ....


....just look at those Moonbeams Boys Matt and Evan hurrying along to go to (NOT a dirtbike race for a change no....) but some place that qualifies as .......EDUCATIONAL !!!




......yep .... yessiree ..... the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia!!!! and here's the real surprise .... they ASKED to go here !!!! MUSIC to my ears I tell ya !!!! (even Ben Franklin looks a little stunned )








Anyhow, as noted by the Moonbeams Boys .... "there's lots of really cool stuff in there" .....such as ...


....this "sky ride" bike .... yep, it's a bike you can ride WAY up high on a teeny, tiny rope thing .... but hey there's a big net .... so no problem if you fall off ..... WHAT !?!?!!! The Moonbeams Boys were very willing to give it a go but they didn't get a chance before the museum closed ..... phew!!

...other cool stuff the Moonbeams Boys enjoyed ....



...this big telescope (I think it's a telescope ...or maybe it's something that beams you up to the mother ship....)


......mechanical engine stuff to tinker with (the Moonbeams Boys are big time dirtbike engine tinkerers)


.....and a favorite subject (especially with Matt, our pilot and student aerospace engineer) the Wright Brothers plane ....



....oh, and look ..... here is Matt practicing flying a plane......



...and there's Evan .........practicing flying too ....







Now don't think there's only "guy" stuff at the Franklin Institute ..... look at this ......



.....a toy sewing machine from 1890 ....


.....this beautiful treadle sewing machine ....


......and look at this thing .... this is a typewriter from 1888 ..... how'd you like to write a blog using that thing !?!?!!!

OH !!! and we just HAD to take a picture of this ....


......pretty quilt block ...well, not exactly (but it would be a pretty quilt block) ...anyhow this is .....


.....a pendulum that hangs down from 3 or 4 floors and has something to do with the movement of the earth (I'll have to ask Evan again to explain it ....) ANYHOW.....




......just LOOK at that stairway !!!! Is that elegant or WHAT !?!?!!!! Now, once again I can't tell you just how important it is to keep one's spare tiara in one's purse ..... this stairway just screams for a tiara to be worn whilst descending (not ascending, however since tiaras should not be worn when one is gasping for breath while hauling oneself back up .....it just kind of ruins the whole effect.....)

Well, anyhow, since I already had my spare tiara on.......



......it was time to head out into the lovely Philadelphia evening for dinner (besides, the Franklin Institute was closing .....)

.....a fun day with the Moonbeams Boys ...... priceless !!!!

Be back soon!
Toodles,
Mary Anne (aka Mare)