The first was the Star Wars exhibit at the Science Museum. Wynn has seen snippets of one of the movies and has a toy Chewbacca and an R2D2 she plays with, so she recognized what she was looking at. Waiting in line was part of the journey, but she handled it well. There were big posters of some of the characters hanging on the walls, and when she saw Darth Vader, she said, "Bad guy!" Apparently, he's so bad that she can't tolerate the sight of him, so she put her hands over her eyes too.
She did love the droids and the Wookies (Those suckers are HUGE!). When she caught her first glimpse of R2D2, she started stomping her feet and flapping her arms. I know him!
Her favorite part of the whole thing was the audio tour speakers by many of the displays. She pushed a lot of big blue buttons but never figured out to hold the speaker to her ear.
The other cool thing we visited was Blooming Butterflies at Como Zoo. They've enclosed a garden and stocked it with all sorts of butterflies from around the world. It was fun to see the exotic ones from climates warmer than Minnesota can provide (No offense to our lovely monarch population.) Wynn was mesmerized by all the butterflies swirling around our heads. She got very still and silent and just gaped at how they moved. Even though it was rather crowded, it felt like the calmest place in the city.
In speech therapy news, she continues to make progress but resists identifying pictures on cards. Today Becca was working to get Wynn to say pie. She showed her pictures, said the word several times, and even talked about how yummy it is. Wynn just looked bored and distracted. Finally I asked Wynn, "If you wanted a piece of pie, what would you say?" Over her shoulder she gave me the most clear-as-a-bell, matter-of-fact, "Pie." It's in there, you just have to know how to get it out of her.
http://www.smm.org/starwars/
http://www.comozooconservatory.org/como_zoo/Blooming%20Butterflies.shtml
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