Last week, Jarrett, Lindsay, Carol (Jarrett's Mom) and I took a mini-vacation to Monterey Bay & San Francisco! Warning: Lot's of pictures! Here are some highlights of our adventure...
One of the first stops was the Monterey Bay Aquarium... Lindsay loved seeing the "ish" aka "Fish" and watching all the kids. In the photo above, she liked looking at the tide pools, but was so not going to put her hands in there with the seaweed. LOL.
One of my favorites... Daddy and Lindsay checking out the coral reef display.
She was pretty into the sting rays... I think she wanted to go swimming with them.
My favorites were the jelly fish and the sea turtle... looked like the turtle we saw in Hawaii a few years ago. It was so relaxing watching them swim; I think I could have stayed there all day :)
Nonna & Lindsay
Our little pearl :)
So, inside the aquarium was a little area made special for toddlers... it was too cute! Daddy & Nonna took Lindsay on a simulated wave jumping thing...
You can tell she liked it :P (I was reaching for her because it the sign said, "No shoes" which meant sweaty toddler feet on the mat, and here my daughter is, rubbing her face on it...gross!!)
They even had a water exhibit where the kids could play with plastic fish in their "tank". She loves to splash, so this was right up her alley!
After a lovely dinner in Santa Cruz, we ventured up to San Francisco and spent the next morning at Pier 39. We walked by the Merry-Go-Round, and guess who wanted to take a spin!
Nonna, Lindsay & Daddy on the ride... She was waving the entire time!
We stopped to shop for some souvenirs at the magnet shop... Lindsay went straight for the fake ice cream cone. Mmmmm.
We took some time from out sigh seeing to play at Golden Gate Park. Mama (Which I should mention she is calling me "Mommy" now!) and Lindsay picking flowers.
On our second day in San Fran, we visited the Bay Kids Museum in Sausalito, a quick 15 minute drive over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was too cute... Perfect for her age! They had an exhibit with a "stream" with plastic fish and frogs for the kids to splash in. I think their little aprons are pretty darn cute.
Here our girl is TASTING the water... yuck!
They also had a Curious George exhibit... Lindsay likes to watch CG on PBS some mornings. She has been really into pointing to eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair etc. She was showing Daddy all of CG's features. 
Love it.... Out of all the things in the museum, (and amidst all the chaos and kids running around) all she wanted to do was have her Daddy read to her.
After the museum, we had a delicious lunch at Yank Sing, a Dim Sum restaurant near Fisherman's Wharf. It was an experience, with sweet Chinese ladies bringing around trays of yummy bite size little dumplings, spring rolls, cream cheese crab wontons (my fave) which you got to choose. I was surprised how much Lindsay ate... she loved it!
At the end of our trip, we had to get a little something sweet before heading out on the long, 5 hour drive. Ghirardelli's was just the ticket.
We enjoyed a Rocky Road and a Peanut Butter Chocolate Sundae.... Some one's a fan of whip cream.
We had such a fun time! Thank you Nonna for going with us on a wonderful trip! We love you!!
So, inside the aquarium was a little area made special for toddlers... it was too cute! Daddy & Nonna took Lindsay on a simulated wave jumping thing...
You can tell she liked it :P (I was reaching for her because it the sign said, "No shoes" which meant sweaty toddler feet on the mat, and here my daughter is, rubbing her face on it...gross!!)
They even had a water exhibit where the kids could play with plastic fish in their "tank". She loves to splash, so this was right up her alley!
After a lovely dinner in Santa Cruz, we ventured up to San Francisco and spent the next morning at Pier 39. We walked by the Merry-Go-Round, and guess who wanted to take a spin!
Nonna, Lindsay & Daddy on the ride... She was waving the entire time!
We stopped to shop for some souvenirs at the magnet shop... Lindsay went straight for the fake ice cream cone. Mmmmm.Drove down the crookedest street in America... Lombardi Street...
We took some time from out sigh seeing to play at Golden Gate Park. Mama (Which I should mention she is calling me "Mommy" now!) and Lindsay picking flowers.
On our second day in San Fran, we visited the Bay Kids Museum in Sausalito, a quick 15 minute drive over the Golden Gate Bridge. It was too cute... Perfect for her age! They had an exhibit with a "stream" with plastic fish and frogs for the kids to splash in. I think their little aprons are pretty darn cute.
Here our girl is TASTING the water... yuck!
Lulu helping the salmon swim upstream...
Nonna, Daddy & Lindsay
Nonna, Daddy & Lindsay
They also had a Curious George exhibit... Lindsay likes to watch CG on PBS some mornings. She has been really into pointing to eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair etc. She was showing Daddy all of CG's features. 
Love it.... Out of all the things in the museum, (and amidst all the chaos and kids running around) all she wanted to do was have her Daddy read to her.
After the museum, we had a delicious lunch at Yank Sing, a Dim Sum restaurant near Fisherman's Wharf. It was an experience, with sweet Chinese ladies bringing around trays of yummy bite size little dumplings, spring rolls, cream cheese crab wontons (my fave) which you got to choose. I was surprised how much Lindsay ate... she loved it!
At the end of our trip, we had to get a little something sweet before heading out on the long, 5 hour drive. Ghirardelli's was just the ticket.
We enjoyed a Rocky Road and a Peanut Butter Chocolate Sundae.... Some one's a fan of whip cream.
We had such a fun time! Thank you Nonna for going with us on a wonderful trip! We love you!!
Sounds so fun! I wish we had places like that here... but I'm sure Nate will love Discovery Place once he gets a little older...
ReplyDeleteThere were a lot of pics of Lindsay looking like each of you guys - Katie, Jarrett and Nonna! Even some where I saw some Nate in her! :)
And you can definitely tell you're pregnant, Katie!