Almost a two hour drive, including a LooooooG stop for a four-year-old tummy.
Ten people, as Nan and Nene came, too.
A good deal of fun.

Adults were $16, and kids 19 and under are free.
Making glass projects were not free.
Really. Not. Free.
But how could we not?

We learned a lot today.  Glass has been around since Nineveh times!  Amazing stuff.
And we did a scavenger hunt in the glass history section.  It was pretty beautiful, really.
But the demos were our favorite parts.

Nigel was selected from the audience to participate in glass breaking.  He said it was fun.
He was given a beautiful glass swan for his participation.

We watched a glass flameworking demo.  She made a beautiful fish.

We also watched a fiber optic demo. and a glass blowing demo.  I don’t know how I failed to take pictures of that last one.  It was fascinating.  The artist blew a gorgeous bowl in about 15 minutes.
I was that lady with a 20-month old in a glass museum.  When Stewart was a baby I would have been horrified my child was so “busy”.  At this stage of the game I was like, “Deal with it people.”  😉

After we ate our packed lunch we headed to the I Make Glass building.

Stewart and Tabitha each made an ornament.  ($29 each, plus a total cost of shipping of $18.)
 
I can’t wait to see them when they arrive later this week.  I did not get a good look at either of them.

Marie and Nigel did flamework.  Nigel made a bead.  Marie made a pendant.  I think they both just wanted to work with the flame.  I don’t blame them. 
   
Johanna applied stickers all over the outside of a small glass.  Then a nice lady sandblasted it.

She was a little perplexed that the stickers were removed. 
  
We left around 3:30 P.M.  Johanna wanted to be like the big kids…

And we wanted Katriel to use some big muscles before the long car ride home.

We called in a pizza about half-an-hour out from home.
I remember when a sheet pizza used to last two meals! 
They are growing so fast.