Playing Hooky In The City

Brad's folks arrived last night for a couple weeks, so we made an executive decision and let the kids play hooky from school today. After all, who needs stupid stuff like an education anyways. 

Yeah yeah yeah I know education is important blah blah blah it's only one day blah blah blah. 

Today was shockingly beautiful and sunny, so we left after breakfast and blasted into the city for the day. 

As the good tourists we are, our day in San Francisco was spent at the Fisherman's Wharf at Pier 39. We walked around the shops and let the kids picked out new hats and kites and a few hundred other little things and watched a few fantastic street shows on the waterfront. I mean, that's what you do at Fisherman's Wharf, right? Shop, people watch, walk around, eat. 

New fave picture of the boys with their grandparents!

Sourdough Bread Factory

Watching the sea lions on the pier

The boys and Papa got new hats

More hats. Super fun unique ballcaps.

We also went to the Aquarium of the Bay right in the heart of the Wharf. This is a first for any of us, so it was extra fun. It's not the best aquarium I've ever been to (the award for that goes to this one in Philadelphia), but it was definitely worth seeing once. It featured exclusively all the local fish life from California coasts, including jellyfish, rays and sharks. It had a touch tank where you could pet baby Rays, lots of different exhibits and two tunnels (including a shark tunnel!). We really had a good time in here and it was a great way to break up the day. 

Taken with my cell phone!! In the shark tunnel a shark swam above me, passing a spotlight. 

While we were down here, we walked by a Rainforest Cafe, and decided it would be super fun to do a special dinner for Camden since it was the last night of him being five!! (wah sobs boo cries). These restaurants are rad. It's a two story mecca of all things rainforest. The walls and ceiling are covered in vines, trees, and other flora (fake), resembling a thick jungle. Nestled inside it are lots and lots of animatronic animals: gorillas, elephants, tigers, leopards, butterflies, etc. Every few minutes or so, they get angry (or something) and all start moving and calling out and causing a big fuss. 

The boys decided the gorilla standing in front of our table was probably hangry, and they kept pretending to feed it their bananas off their plate to make it happy. 

A girl walked around and made balloon snakes for them, and then the waiter came out with a huge cake "volcano" for Cam to share. 

I think he liked it. 

Great day in San Francisco. I'm thankful for all the experiences we get to have across the country. 

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