MIM

Rachel's baby was due Wednesday. When she was still showing no signs of labor yesterday, she decided she wanted to go to a museum and do some walking. I was so glad she and Mico invited me to come with!

Honestly, the Musical Instrument Museum sounded kind of lame, even though I'm a music person. I just couldn't see myself looking at and reading about instruments for hours. But it was so much cooler than I thought it would be! Our 3 hours there were not nearly enough; we will definitely be back.

There were several things that made it so great. First of all, they had just about every country represented. I learned about music in countries I'd never even heard of. Here's one of the displays from China. It was so interesting to see the similarities and differences between instruments in different parts of the world.

The best part was the headphones. Every display had a tv that showed the instruments being played. It was fascinating to hear the different singing styles, and see the dancing, and see how the instruments were played. And these headphones were nicer than any I've seen. You didn't have to do anything. There was a chip or something that sensed which screen you were closest to, so whenever you walked up to a display, your headphones just started playing what was there.

The other highlight of the museum was the room where you got to play instruments. We had a lot of fun there, and the staff was really nice. In one of the pics, Mico is getting a drum lesson from someone who works there.

We're looking forward to going back and seeing the rest. We didn't even make it to South America!

Afterwards, we went out for some deep dish pizza, then back to Rachel and Mico's to watch movies. It was a lovely Saturday. Now let's just hope she goes into labor soon! As my friend Sarah said, she must have the Ritz Carlton of uteruses. That baby doesn't want to go anywhere!