Sprink break and the City

Although spring break was a few weeks ago, I am just now getting around to posting our adventures.

I think it is easy to forget we live in an area where there is an abundance of activities for kids. Especially in these economic times, we opted for a fun filled close to home adventure for spring break. We live just far enough from the city to make it feel like it's a world away, yet close enough that most of the day is not eaten up in traveling to it. We are blessed. So....we journeyed in on one of the spring break days and fit in MANY of the kids favorite activities.

First stop - the ferry. It was a windy day which made it exciting to see the waves hit the windows of the ferry.



Once we got to the ferry building we took the "train" aka the F-Market Muni to Fisherman's Wharf. We went straight to the aquarium where the sharks were the biggest hit.





When Kiira was a baby I tried taking her to the Rainforest Cafe - she was scared and we had to leave just as soon as our bums hit the chair. Not so this time! Rainforest Cafe is pretty cool actually (and the food was surprisingly good). They have huge elephants, butterflies, gorillas, cheetahs, huge tanks of fish, vines on the ceiling, a big waterfall, twinkling lights on the ceiling, and best of all, they simulate a rainstorm like you'd have in the rainforest about every 20 minutes. The kids were mesmerized.

After lunch and some renewed energy it was off to Pier 39 to see the Sea Lions.



Then to the boardwalk to do the Carousel.



Back to the "train" (Evan's personal favorite).





A quick pick me up at Pete's Coffee while we waited for the ferry (and some bird watching).



And finally the ferry back home with some tired kids.



Yeah!!! Thankfully our babysitter Sarah came too to help with headcount so I actually went home with the same number of kids that I came with. Phew.