So a staycation is where you stay home and vacation around the house. Here is what we did!
Our first day we went to the Oakland zoo. IT was a lot of fun but SUPER HOT!
Ella loved seeing all the animals and finding where they were in there cages!
Brandon liked the water trees dirt and BIG animals that he could see with out looking for them! Other wise he could care less
they animals were fun!
they had a lot of critters up close.
I was so afraid they would spit on the kids and then Ella wouldn't go near the cages anymore.
the kids Both loved the Elephants.
they were eating when we got there. Brandon liked that he didn't have to look for them they were so big!
they had lots of fun things like this for the kids to play with!
Frog...
Brandon hid in here for about 10 Min's.Next we went to:
The Seymour Marine Discovery Center
part of the Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory
we took a tour of the beach and heard about the animals and landscape.
we were very close to the water
it was so pretty there.
they had the bone of a blue whale and a grey whale. it was so cool to see how big they really were.
we got to see some dolphins in tanks.
this one was friendly and would swim around for us. the other one was taking a nap I think!
in side the museum there were tanks of local see life
we saw crabs, bat rays , jelly fish, coral, all sorts of fish and many other things in the tanks.
they had another spot in the tanks where they let the kids touch thinks from the ocean. they touched kelp, seaweed, sea grapes, sea lettuce and other see life!
Yep even star fish. Ella was super freaked out by these. she would only hold it long enough for a picture!On Wednesday we went to the SAN FRANSISCO ZOO.
Now I am sure you are wondering why we went to another zoo like place. 2 reasons.#1 Ella begged to go back to the zoo.
#2 we went because it was a "free zoo day" however we happen to go on the first day they switched it to only San Fran residents...oh well we were already there so we went!
we liked this one so much better. 
the cages were nice and they made it easier to see the animals. 
they had fun spots all over for the kids to take pictures and do things.
of course Brandon was still interested in the dirt water and trees!
that girl walked into the picture and wouldn't leave even though she could see we wanted to take a picture...she was trying to get behind the kids on the lion....Weird! 
I thought those 2 would make a good scrap page!
Ella was so cute checking out and playing with the elephant!
She is a beautiful butterfly!
he is an angry SPIDER...EWWW CREEPY!we took Thursday off and ran errands and got the house straightened up and Friday we went to the jelly belly factory and we took Jessica with us. we had a great time. it was really neat because all the workers were there and we got to see every one working and how ti really works. The kids were super excited at the end when they gave them a free bag of Jelly belly's!!!
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I miss the jelly belly factory. I haven't been since susan moved back to utah :( I miss the big ol bag of belly flops you could buy real cheap.
Sounds like you had a great time.
The pics are too cute!
Which Zoo did you like better? Can I just say your hair looks great! I never asked does Josh like it? I totally looks shorter curly.
That last Zoo looks too cute with the legs and wings.Your hair looks good. Does Josh like it? It looks way shorter curly but very cute on you.
Sorry im a nerd I didnt know you had to approve my comments. I was like I swear I posted a comment to you where is it. So ignore my last two comments dont approve them .haha
Shan-
yes Josh loves the hair...He wasnt sure if he would but the style makes it not so bad.
We like the san fran zoo a million times better it was better put together.
Mel-as for the Jelly belly factory the next time I will go mal we can make out a plan to get you some belly flops and mail them to you!
I am so glad you got to spend a week with your family. It looks like you had so much fun!!
That's a fun holiday. We planned to do something similar with the girls (and Peter!!) this year, but ran out of time. I hope spending several days in Brighton driving around looking at houses counts as a holiday! They coped with it pretty well anyway, and we'll have to make it up to them... by going places from home of course!
I love your hair Deb. You look great, and you got some great pictures of everyone there. The butterfly and spider pictures are really fun. It's just the right size for Ella. :o)
Hope you got my new address by e-mail. Will "see" you again in at about the end of October it seems! (I've explained on my blog.) Have fun until then. Love Ceri :o) xxx
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