Third Time's the Charm

We have tried 2 other times over the past year to go to the new California Academy of Science in Golden Gate Park. Both times, tickets were sold out for the day when we arrived.
Since the kids didn't have school Monday, we decided to give it another shot, especially since not all schools were out for Columbus Day today. We finally made it in! Brandon and Zach loved the planetarium, and everyone loved the 3D Bugs show, the aquarium, and the huge dioramas of all the African animals.



Brandon thought it would be cool to be stuffed after you died like these lions...um, ok, weirdo.


Fish keep all 3 boys entranced for quite a while.


One of the new features...a rainforest sphere. It was humid in there!

We last went to the museum in December 2003 on the last day it was open before closing for 5 years...that was a pretty busy day there too. Sarah T. and I went with our 3 kids, now we have 7! The renovations were great and it's definitely a worthwhile trip!


I couldn't resist posting this pic from our previous trip to the museum. Brandon and Elle T. are about to pass out on the way home! Brandon doesn't look anything like Nate, does he?