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- A mini-pause from running along the wall by the pier.
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- Buttons, knobs, and levers, OH MY!
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- Dozens of helicoptors and airplanes on display – many were open to the public.
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- Perfect weather to be out – hard to believe that all these pictures are from a boat!
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- What Sierra would look like with five kids (a little crazed).
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- Did I mention that we had five kids, four strollers, and one grandma among our group?
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- This transport helicopter was great for imaginative play.
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- Lots of time for good talks on the train.
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- This is where we’ll go for the Dude’s b-day this year.
Last week, a few of us moms took advantage of a homeschooling group deal to take the Amtrak train down to San Diego and back to Irvine for just $10 (normally something like $45). We discovered at the last minute that both the Museum of Contemporary Art and Children’s New Museum were closed on Wednesdays – so we set off without any plans at all.
Only to discover that the U.S.S. Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum is a fantastic place to visit with kids. We thought the tickets were a bit pricey ($18/adult, children 5 and under free), but the money ended up being well worth the trip. There is so much to explore on this decommissioned war ship – we barely hit the main attractions in the 3-4 hours we spent there. In retrospect, it would have been worth it for at least one of us to get a membership, because a family membership gets you unlimited entry for a year for FOUR people – that’s nearly getting back the cost of your membership the first time you visit.
Take a moment to check out the link – and you can see that the ship is larger than my entire condo complex!