This year, the thing Jon wanted to do the most was go to the newly redone California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. It has a really neat rain forest inside and an amazing roof with grass and rolling hills on it (very go-green, if you ask me), an aquarium and some penguins. So, VERY early St. Patrick's day morning, we got up and headed into the city, found a great parking spot, and went to stand in line with the hundreds of other people waiting to go in. Now, I don't think EVERY day is like this, in fact, I highly doubt it. You see, once a month, thanks to some incredibly generous benefactors, you can get in for free (a savings of 50 bucks for our little family!). It was a great day to go. We had absolutely beautiful weather and we got in! We stood in line for 15 minutes, but we got in. . . that's the important part. Many, many, many people were turned away from the free day . . . it was that full!
Once we got in, we started exploring. We went downstairs the aquarium and looked at the coral reefs. Ethan enjoyed seeing all the fish swimming around. He especially enjoyed getting up close to them. We saw the penguins being fed, and lots of "stuffed" animals. There were so many people, we didn't want to wait in line to see the rain forest, but we did make it to the roof. It was so amazing. I kind of thought I might see some telletubbies (which really annoy me) jump out from behind the little hills. But, there was a great view from up top and so refreshing to be outside in the fresh air.
After the museum, we went and got our picnic lunch and found a nice quiet spot in the botanical gardens to sit and eat. It was so peaceful! Then, we continued our trek to find a geocache and Pea Pod Fabrics. It was such a nice walk and so beautiful to see all the pretty flowers. The Pea Pod fabrics is this amazingly tiny fabric store just 2 blocks from Golden Gate Park. It was so small, that Jon had to stay outside with the Ethan and the stroller because they wouldn't fit! But, it was the NEATEST fabric store. . . and Jon let me buy some new fabrics! On the way back, we found a park to let Ethan run around for awhile. 
These are some flowers that we found as we walked through the Botanical Gardens. The Calla Lilllies were taller that me (which isn't saying much. . . lol). But they were beautiful! 
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