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Exploratorium

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After soccer, we walked down The Embarcadero to pick up some fruit from the Farmer’s Market and then visited The Exploratorium. Dada’s company has a membership. Score!

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https://youtu.be/V3k2CqJAp_8

Outside, there were some cool exhibits including this bike wheel that makes the rope spin off the ground.

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The light exhibits were pretty cool. Here is Peanut under all the prism lights. We now have a rainbow baby!

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The floating beach ball was fun too.

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Peanut got to explore some of the areas and was surprisingly able to reach some of the exhibits. He was also very appreciative of all the wooden stools everywhere and used them to get from place to place.

https://youtu.be/GPyHcVKyZnM

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Now that Janie is a bit older, this museum is starting to become a little more interesting to her. She was able to wave this wand back and forth to make a movie appear.

https://youtu.be/zfpfiE8RXi0

Daddy also got this slinky to walk on a treadmill. Neato!!

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Fishy Fishy

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We went to California Academy of Sciences today and met up with Uncle Bang, Rowan, and Isla.

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We arrived a bit early so Peanut got to explore the tunnel for the first time.

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He would get so excited to see the fish and touch the glass. It must be nice for him to be able to cruise along the exhibits on his own now.

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In this video, you can hear his squeals of delight.

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At lunch, we ate in the patio and Peanut got a nice view of the kids playing while he ate.

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After he finished eating, he crawled around on the grass and wasn’t quite sure what his hands and feet were feeling.

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The big kids had fun running around together and they posed for a few silly photos too.

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Out with Mama

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Mama was home sick today and Peanut went out for a little walk and lunch with her before his nap.

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He was used his toy as a phone today and then kept doing “hello” with his hand during lunch.

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On our walk home, we passed the waterfall at Yerba Buena Gardens.

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Ferry Plaza

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Peanut had his cool shoes on this morning and got to enjoy the Ferry Plaza on foot for a bit.

https://youtu.be/HSsNg7BqwXw

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He was delighted to be out of the stroller with his sister.

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This is our sad attempt at a family photo by the Bay Bridge. Apparently, the kids weren’t in a picture-taking mood at the time.

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Sunny Sunday

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Today was warm and sunny so Janie practiced riding her Strider while Peanut perused the brunch menu.

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We spent most of the day outside and Peanut even got to explore The Embarcadero on foot.

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Janie wore her new sunglasses that came in her goody bag from Vivian’s birthday party.

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We stopped at Spark Social SF and had a snack on their swinging lounge chairs.

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On the way home, we found a patch of grass for Janie to practice her soccer moves.

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In the evening, we took a walk around the ballpark and it ended up being a great way for the kids to end their fun-filled day. They both fell asleep by the time we were home and Mama and Dada had an early evening to themselves.

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1st Zoo

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This afternoon we took Janie to the San Francisco Zoo.  It started out with a few showers on our drive over but by the time we arrived, it had stopped and didn’t rain the rest of the day.  This was Janie’s first trip to a zoo and there was a lot to see!

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At the entrance, we were greeted with a free sample of chocolate milk and the Nesquik bunny.  He’s much cuter than any Easter bunny I’ve ever seen.

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The first exhibit was the African Savanna and Janie saw the giraffes!

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They were close enough and big enough for Janie to see.

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They didn’t have any elephants at this zoo but they had a statue of a baby elephant.

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She seemed to enjoy watching the ducks and swans in the pond.

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The best part for her was the Children’s Zoo.  The prairie dog exhibit was really cute and the glass was low enough for Janie to stand and watch.  This photo looks like she’s saying, “I want the chubby one, mama!”


Watching the Prairie Dogs a video by beakatude on Flickr.

It was so cute watching her go back and forth along the glass.

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What a fun afternoon at the zoo!!

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