{"id":1651,"date":"2006-09-17T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-18T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2006\/09\/17\/happy-20th-birthday-lcm\/"},"modified":"2006-09-17T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-18T01:01:00","slug":"happy-20th-birthday-lcm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2006\/09\/17\/happy-20th-birthday-lcm\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 20th Birthday, LCM!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcm.org\/\">Louisiana Children&#8217;s Museum<\/a> celebrated it&#8217;s 20th birthday on Saturday.  Totally by accident, we were there.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/1600\/IMG_9763.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/400\/IMG_9763.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>We decided to go to the museum for our morning outing with the kids.  When we checked in, we noted 4 birthday party sign-ins (members use party rooms and have free admission for guests.)  Still, it was early and we enjoyed a few of the exhibits without much of crowd.  Will and Paul gave the nightly news report on local TV (above).<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/1600\/IMG_9772.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/400\/IMG_9772.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>And Will went shopping in the Little Save-A-Center.  His purchases: laundry detergent, a lobster, a crab, hamburger, sausage, crackers, and shrimp pot pie.  Definitely our NOLA kid!<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/1600\/IMG_9789.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/400\/IMG_9789.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Kate watched it all, sitting cool in Will&#8217;s Superman shades.<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/1600\/IMG_9806.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/400\/IMG_9806.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Will and Paul had a fun time in the bubble maker &#8212; it was early enough in the morning that the juice was big-bubble-worthy.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/1600\/IMG_9808.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/400\/IMG_9808.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>It was around the bubble makers that I noticed a staff member giving a press photographer a tour of the center (the photographer took some pictures of Will with the bubbles.)  Then I remembered &#8230;  today was full of special events at the Museum!  No wonder it seemed to be filling up (fast) with kids and adults!  A few minutes later, the announcement came through regarding live music in the little theatre.  Live music?!  We were THERE.<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/1600\/IMG_9831.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/400\/IMG_9831.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>No other than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theresaandersson.com\/\">Theresa Anderson<\/a> was performing!  Live music is good anywhere.  But this is <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">New Orleans<\/span>.  And this was <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Theresa Anderson<\/span>.  It was FANTASTIC.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/1600\/IMG_9836.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/400\/IMG_9836.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The kids had a blast and the adults jammed for all we were worth.  Too cool!  LCM had live music lined up all day, plus ice cream, give-aways, and even a Second Line.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/1600\/IMG_9844.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger2\/150\/1123\/400\/IMG_9844.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>After Theresa&#8217;s performance, we headed to the door to get home for naptime.  We just barely missed the huge crowd gathering to get into the museum &#8212; whew!  (Will needed to nap in order to be ready for Aya&#8217;s birthday party in the afternoon, so we had to leave before noon.)   We scored 20th anniversary t-shirts for Will and Paul along with free books for the kids before leaving LCM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Louisiana Children&#8217;s Museum celebrated it&#8217;s 20th birthday on Saturday. Totally by accident, we were there.We decided to go to the museum for our morning outing with the kids. When we checked in, we noted 4 birthday party sign-ins (members use party rooms and have free admission for guests.) 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