San Francisco - Bay Area Discovery Museum

Hmm... I guess vacation rules mean being able to play on Daddy's phone first thing in the morning??!

Love how the old trolleys are still operating in the city:

Love the murals too!

"Muscle park"??!... in comparison to Muscle Beach in Venice Beach:

There it is!

So many people!!! I wonder what the percentage/ratio of locals to tourist are around here:

We attempt to park on the other side of the bridge but the parking lot is closed :-(  So instead, we end up at the Discovery Museum.  Not a bad trade-off for Graham and Charlie!

So glad the boys didn't knock any little kids down in here:

What is it with kids and bubbles??!?

Family photo op :-)

There was so much for the kids to do in this museum:

We didn't actually get to print anything 3D :-\

 The boys really enjoyed this room:

Who knows what they are fixing up!

20 minutes later... still here!

Okay, next one is outdoors:

 Amazing what these kids can think up:

After a little bit, we work on some collage:

Charlie loves his art!

Graham loves... making stuff!

Lunch time!!!  The museum is busy but manageable:

Another view of the bridge:

Other random photos along the way:

Pirate cove / shipwreck:

 Graham LOVED digging in this area:

It's amazing how BIG these trees are!

I don't remember what the story was behind this bell:

 Peek-a-boo!

 These huts were really neat.  Somehow someone managed to intertwine these twines???

 There is a new section based on Sid the Science Kid TV show:

Pretty neat looking at bugs underneath a microscope:

Complete with indoor playarea:

 Glad Graham got this all correct!

Moving on to the next area of fun - kinetic sand:

These little Hex Bugs were fun too.  The boys got to build a maze for the bugs. Momma helped a little bit. I think we all did a pretty good job!

Once that was done, Charlie got busy with some art.  He drew a bigger whale around that pink whale and gave it a spout and a smile and two eyes :-D

Graham, on the other hand, got busy again with the blue building foam blocks:

Maybe this will be a fun little project for Mommy one day :-P (Don't forget to turn up the volume)

Didn't think we would be here all day but we definitely got our monies worth today! :-)