On day three of our vacation, we took a drive through the city to go to the Academy of Sciences. It's this great place with lots of different activities for families.
The Academy of Sciences is located in Golden Gate Park.
Daniel especially loved the park! We arrived early in the morning. The park was gorgeous, the weather was perfect and the atmosphere was tranquil. We observed older Asian Americans performing Tai Chi as part of their morning exercise.
The first thing we saw when we walked into the Academy of Sciences was this huge T-Rex! I've always wanted to see one of these in person and show the girls one too.
We checked out the living roof.
There were many more exhibits than we anticipated. I had planned on visiting much of Golden Gate Park and the Academy of Sciences before driving back to Fresno but we underestimated how much there was to do. I think we spent 6 hours inside the Academy and we still hadn't seen or done much of what was available.
Kind of hard to see but Daniel is standing next to a big boa constrictor that we had just petted.
Awwww......baby Ostriches!
I love series of pictures that show the girls' personality. Check out this one below.
There was an area called the living rain forest. It was full of different kinds of butterflies!
Daniel helped Morgan hold one by herself.
I was proud of her for not being scared.
The aquarium section of this place was worth the money alone!
We got to watch a 3-D movie about dinosaurs!
The African section had amazing stuffed animals! Morgan checked out the lions.
And Daniel watched live penguins.
After leaving the Academy of Sciences, we took about a 15 minute walk to the kids' playground area of Golden Gate Park.
Sweet Charlotte was beat!
But we woke her up because we wanted her to sleep on the way home instead.
Charlotte hung out with me while big sister ran all over!
Charlotte come back! She's mobile but not because she's crawling. She scoots backwards, turns in circles and sometimes rolls.
Daniel playing with his baby girl. :)
I've forgotten to mention that a highlight of the entire trip for Morgan was the hotel. She was excited that she got her very own bed. She loved that we all slept in the same room. She just loved it in general. I appreciated that it brought back memories of me staying in hotels when I was little. I remember how exciting it was and could relate to her giddiness. I love that our little ones bring back beautiful glimpses of our own childhood!
We had an amazing time on our trip!
What a lovely vacation you had and thanks for sharing all the fun activities. Sounds like your girls travel well too! I don't believe I ever experienced a hotel when I was growing up. Sounds like you need to return to SF another time for vacation since there is so much to do. Beautiful photos! Grandma
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