This year on St. Patrick's Day instead of doing the normal fun "green" things we decided to head down to L.A. to take the kids to the California Science Center. We headed out late morning and hit a little traffic but got there in good time. The museum was a little busy, I think because of the rainy weather. But the kids LOVED it. There were so many different things for them to see and do. It was a little difficult with Claudia because she was not big enough to totally run free but the didn't really enjoy being in the stroller either. In several of the areas there was a discover zone which was geared more towards smaller children so those places worked out great for her. Overall it was a great inexpensive way to spend a family day.
This magnetic board with the insect body parts was great! Charles just learned about this a few months back and did a project on an insect.
Charles, putting on a puppet show for Claudia.
And Madison doing a puzzle with daddy. Puzzles are one of her favorite things to do.
Using a "simple machine" (another thing Charles recently learned about in school) to lift a truck! The kids (and Daddy) thought it was Awesome! 