When we moved to California, about a year and a half ago, we knew that our time here wouldn’t be very long. My husband’s job requires a few more moves over the next five to ten years until they put us in a long term position, which just means more adventures for us. We’re okay with that. So although we have no idea when the promotion will come or where it will take us, we think it will probably come in the next year, so we’re taking advantage of our short time in California and trying to fit in as many fun local things as possible. Last week we sat down and wrote out a California Bucket List for our family, and we’ll slowly be checking them off so our weekends aren’t wasted!
This weekend we packed up early on Saturday morning and headed down to Exposition Park at USC where there is a cluster of museums. We’d been to the science center a few months ago, so this time we tried out the museum of natural history. Philip and I are both museum lovers, so we get a total thrill out of sharing our love of them with our babies, and watching them get excited about learning. Here’s a few snippets of our day.
Next up on our California Bucket List is a day of traveling across Southern California on the train! We can’t wait!
They had baby chicks there?? That’s adorable! (Were they alive? Your previous sentence was about stuffed animals so I wasn’t sure..)
Dinosaur exhibits used to be my favorite when I’d visit museums–it’s just hard to imagine that there were land-roaming animals that damned big..
Hope you have a fun train trip!
Demi | carbonchic.com.au
Ha, yes, the chicks were alive! The rest of the animals were stuffed 🙂
And seriously, learning about dinosaurs gets my vivid imagination going and I get freaked out even thinking about something that enormous (and violent)!
Especially when you learn that velociraptors are the size of a chicken, haha!
HAHA!
Looks like a great day with your boys!
Such great family photos! And I love your look! That tee paired perfectly with the floral skirt and i love the hint of leopard print! You have incredible style!
The Style Storm
<3, Christina
Oh, thank you, Christina! You are too nice!
I would have been enthralled by the baby chicks too!
~Sarah of Sarah’s Real Life
Omg these pics are adorable! I am loving that skirt!
Nightchayde
Thank you — it’s one of my favorites!
ahhhh Fos’s FACE in that one pic kills me!! Such cute boys
Haha, I know, usually he says “cheeeeese!” but this time he pulled this crazy face. It was cracking me up.
I love how excited your boys look! It’s amazing for you to foster such a love of museums and learning in them so young.
Oh, and I love your shirt for a day out with your kids!
-Julie
julieupstairs.wordpress.com
A “Mama” shirt for my day out as a Mama — perfect, right? 🙂 And it’s THE most comfortable shirt I own. Seriously.
Foster has gotten so big, and he is adorable, blonde with brown eyes is always a striking combination. And Benson looks so much like you ! You are the cutest family, I love seeing what you get up to as a family
Madeline | Its a Mads Mads World
Oh, thank you! It’s fun to share a little bit of what we’re up to sometimes — thanks for reading!
Moving can be hard and stressful, but what a fun way to approach it! There’s always new things to see and enjoy!
I’ve lived in SoCal for 10+ years and just went to see the Endeavour last year and need to take our son to the Natural History Museum. We have not even gone to the Discovery Science Center yet.The boys will love a train ride!
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com
Isn’t it SO cool?? We didn’t see it this time, but we saw it last time we went to the science center! I loved learning about it!
It seems your kids really liked that day at the museum.
I like the outfit you have for that day. Really casual, comfortable and classy !
that’s awesome. Soak it up while you can!!
-AJ
OccasionallyAJ.com
I’ve lived in Southern California all of my life and have yet to make it to the Natural History museum there (I have been to the Science Center, though) – I really need to go! Especially, since I’ve never been to a museum where they have dinosaurs! Since you love museums, you should go to Balboa Park in San Diego (if you’ve never been there) – there’s several museums there and it’s also next to the San Diego Zoo. It’s great! I can’t wait to see where you’re off to next. That’s one great thing about Southern California – soooo much to do!!