Last Day of Summer Fun – Bay Area Discovery Museum

Last Sunday, we decided to go to the Bay Area Discovery Museum for one last day of fun before both the boys started school. We had never been there before, but since the boys had SO much fun, we will definitely be back!

If you know DJ, you now he LOVES to climb trees. When he found this tree, he couldn’t resist. He spent more time climbing trees than playing in the playground!

Guess who else tried to climb up the tree…but didn’t get it very far…

The boy hanging out in a hut.

Cody even found a friend.

 

Then needed to rest….

 

They had a cool area about Space that had stations set up  like inside of the space shuttle. DJ took the controls and was ready to blast off…

Then stood in the sleeping bag for a quick nap…

 

While Cody found the bathroom… (it is not a clear picture, but it is a funny one)

…and he found some space gloves. He even tried to leave the building with them on.

Monkey boy climbed the lookout tower outside.

 

Then reluctantly posed in front of the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

Just chillin’ on the shipwrecked boat…

And FINALLY a posed picture where he is happy! DJ tries as much as possible for me to not take pictures of him so I am loving this picture of him!

 

Mr. Happy boy!

 

Cody was checking out the view….Actually, he was really yelling “HI!” to the people below and waving at them. ;)

 

If there is a tree to climb DJ will find. If there is an instrument around, Cody will definitely find it…play it…and dance to it!

Daddy and the boys goofing off in front of the bridge.

A rare picture of me and my boys!

Tahoe Fun!

The week of Christmas we decided to take the boys to Tahoe for some snow tubing. DJ had gone before, but this was Cody’s first time and we weren’t sure how he would like it. We were worried that he wouldn’t, but we were wrong!!

Before he had his snow bib and jacket on he was trying to get out of the van to run in the snow. The last time he had been to the snow was when he was 1 so he didn’t enjoy it much back then. This time, he was ready to go!

DJ could hardly move with all the layers on. :)

Their Uncle came along with us and the boys couldn’t wait to throw snowballs at him!

This was Cody’s first time tubing and because he was too small to go on the big runs he had to go by himself on the small run. We thought he would be too scared, but again, we were wrong.

He had SO much fun. He is mad in this picture because I got too tired to pull his almost 40 lb body back up the slope!

   

DJ is an old pro at tubing and the boy has no fear. He was anxious to go on the big run with the bumps!

He also had his first attempt at making snow angels.

They turned out to look more like snow blobs. :)

And of course, no trip is complete with a picture of DJ jumping off of something. In this case, it was a VW van buried in snow. It was there for the kids to play with apparently because all the kids were more into climbing this thing then tubing!

A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

We didn’t get to go to the Pumpkin Patch last year since Cody spent much of last fall and winter sick with an ear infection.

This year, however, we made sure to visit the Cool Patch Pumpkins Pumpkin Patch.

The first thing we thought when we got there was “this isn’t a pumpkin patch. Where are the rides? The petting zoo? The CEMENT?”

Can you tell we are a bit citified and not used to a “real”, cut-you-own-pumpkin-of-the-vine pumpkin patch? We are used to the kind in San Diego. You know, the one at the mall! =)

We saw small pumpkins…

and HUGE pumpkins.

Cody even tried to pick his own pumpkin.

The boys had a fun time checking out all the cool things this pumpkin patch had.  From the teepees to the mini houses, the boys had a blast!

DJ really wanted to check out their corn maze, but the giant one had been torn apart by the previous week’s storm. Parts of the mini corn maze were still standing so the boys went through it. DJ loved it…

….Cody – not so much.

 

Can you see just how “thrilled” he was about the corn maze?????? =)

I probably should have taken these next pictures at the beginning of the visit. They may have been more cooperative.

By this point they were both wired and didn’t want to sit still. These are the best of the bunch. =)

Lately, Cody has been such a love bug and has been giving his brother LOTS of unexpected kisses. He is SO sweet. =)

 

Marine World

Last week, the boys, Teri and I went on a field trip to Marine World! The boys were so excited since they hadn’t been there since last year.  We were worried the lines would be long on all the rides and shows, but it was oddly slow for a summer day. We didn’t mind, though!

The boys waiting to get in. It’s not a great picture, but I just like that DJ is wearing his sunglasses and hat!

DJ enjoyed petting a snake…

and pygmy goat…

 

Then he met up with some old friends.

DJ and Teri riding Orca.

I’m not sure why, but Cody LOVES spinning rides. As soon as we got on this one, he was all smiles!!! I even tried to stop the thing from spinning by holding on to the middle pole, but Cody pushed my hands off of it so that it would spin more! Silly boy!

DJ loved being in the cartoon area. They had Bugs’ house and he was on top of it dancing to the park’s music. He did stop dancing long enough to take a picture with Bugs’ mailbox on top of his house, though.

Cody’s favorite was Bugs’ bed…

…chair…

  

and TV….

He kept asking me to turn the TV on! haha

The boys did what they do best and climbed on everything.

They even tried to pick the “carrots” out of the ground! =)

Cody is finally getting old enough to enjoy the animals and not be afraid of them. He LOVED the sharks!!! He even tried to pet them through the glass.

 

These sharks were all piled up on top of each other and Cody kept yelling “go” to them. I guess he didn’t want them sleeping.

We had a chance to check out the new Odin’s Temple tiger show. The boys really enjoyed this show.

Did you know that tigers swim??? We didn’t!