It's cherry season, but since Jimmy's role at his new job is with a different role in the cherry world, it is the second year that he will get to enjoy the day off for Memorial Day. Last year he actually asked "What do people do on Memorial Day weekend??" because it had been so long since he hadn't had to work then. This year, though we didn't make plans ahead of time, we wanted to go and do something fun with the kids during the long weekend, so this morning we made a last-minute decision to check out the Discovery Bay Kids Museum in Sausalito with a Groupon we had. Turned out to be the best weekend for us before its expiration, and added bonus, our friends, the Walters, were going the same day so it was extra fun for Caleb and Landon to have good friends there, too!
This museum was recommended by a friend and we had a lot of fun! It is at Fort Baker in Sausalito - some parts in the old buildings, and part outdoors. It was a fantastic setting being right next to the Golden Gate Bridge, and the weather was awesome!
Inside the Bay Room... Made to be like a mini Bay Area with train tables that had a Ferry Boat, and a Golden Gate Bridge, a cargo ship with a moveable crane lift and 'shipping containers' that could be lifted onto it, a big fishing boat where the kids could pretend to reel the line in and out and 'catch' fish (they had a hook to take them on and off the line), and a crawl through tunnel that looked like you were under the ocean.
Jimmy helped Caleb let the line down to me below so he could 'catch' a fish (I connected it onto the hook)
Buildable foam boats in a long trough with a wind machine at one end of it
Landon pounding on the button that turned on a wave machine
Giant foam blocks
Borrowing another little boy's firefighter hat while playing on a fishing boat in the outdoor play area
Sunken pirate ship
Instead of a sandbox, this place had a gravel box, complete with hard hats, shovels, big metal dump trucks, and these tables with funnels to scoop and pour the rocks through. I think Jimmy plans to build one soon for the boys... :)
Lots of washers spin circles as they fall back down to the bottom of each pole.
Jen called this a serenity room for kids... There were three play corners that basically had waterbeds for the kids to jump on. They probably spent twenty minutes just running from one to the next and bouncing all around together.
Video of the boys having fun on the giant waterbeds (video):
The black foot pump buttons on each side make bubbles come out of frogs mouths that are in acrylic tubes.
Cute (and tired!) boys after playing for two and a half hours. Love how they just stood there, no pose. Guess we have to teach them how to pose for pictures, too :)
Landon trying to escape. He is definite a fearless climber, much more than Caleb ever was.
Our Fam!
It was fun to have Landon be slightly older now than when we were in Chile, and he can enjoy these day trips even more and participate instead of hang out in the stroller. We also really enjoyed watching Caleb run from one area to the next with his little buddy Jake.
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