Christmas Break Boredom Busters

TRY ON NEW CHURCH OUTFITS FROM GRANDMA

PLAY OUTSIDE

GO TO THE PARK

A lesson in Centrifugal Force

GO TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM--explOratorium

I was suprised, Isaac out of all the kids, could have stayed the longest. He wasn't ready to leave when we did and I'm pretty sure he tried EVERY single exhibit.

in awe of termites at work

Ryan had a hard time saying goodbye to these guys . . . I wonder where we could get a pet termite?

Curt found a robot--it moved when it sensed people near it

our defacing of our national currency tradition

and last but not least . . . GO TO THE BEACH!

One of our favorite tide pool beaches . . .

Yeah, yeah, we know you aren't supposed to touch the starfish, but some lady was carrying this one around and offered to let the kids hold it so . . . that makes it o.k. right? At least we got a picture!

GO TO THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

This was an accident. On the way home from the beach we saw lots of neat lights from the freeway. Pulled off to see if we could find it. 30 minutes of sitting in a line of cars later we pull up to the ticket booth--where you have to pay money--which we didn't have--no cash or check book. Were ready to turn around and go home, when the nice ticket lady let us in FREE!! Apparently someone had given an extra guest pass earlier and she let us use it. Good thing too. We WERE NOT GOING TO PAY $15, even if we had the money on us!!