It has been a long time since we have been up to the city.  Both Michelle and I got tickets to the Aquarium of the Bay, so we made plans for our families to go up together today.  We left the house slightly behind schedule, and made it to the parking lot at Pier 39 just after 10am.  I was so excited once we stepped out and saw the Fisherman’s Wharfs, and it was a beautiful sunny day there. The Kaos joined us shortly after at the aquarium.  The kids (Mckayla, Marcus and Connor) were fascinated with the fishes as soon as we entered, Logan might be a bit less interested than the others.  The huge tanks of jelly fishes and the long underwater tunnel did catch everyone’s attentions.  It was very cool to have sharks, stingrays and huge schools of fishes swimming all around us.  Connor was a bit scared, so he wanted me to carry him through most of the tunnel, but he kept smiling when I pointed things out to him.  On the upper level, the kids may not have enjoyed the tide pools as much.  Logan touched one of the starfish, but I did not find out how he felt about it.  Connor did not want to touch any of the creatures, but he was intrigued standing by the pool and watched.  Logan, for some reasons, started being a bit grumpy at the end of the exhibit; he was crossing his arms while we walked. 

    We were hungry after the aquarium, so we found a restaurant with a good view to have lunch.  Logan was even more grumpy then when we got to the table; he did not want to sit down and said that he did not want to eat lunch.  Stuart had to take him out for a talk while the rest of us ordered our foods.  The foods arrived quickly and they were delicious.  Logan did come back to a somewhat better mood and enjoyed the meal with all of us.  After lunch, we took a walk at Pier 39, checked out a few stores and did a quick boat watching.  I wanted to take the boys to see the Golden Bridge, and so we said goodbyes to the Kaos as they were leaving to go to the Ferry Buildings.  By the time we got out of the busy garage building, Connor had already passed out sleeping.  So by then, we decided to head home instead.  Logan fell asleep shortly after too.  After getting gas for the car, we accidentally entered the freeway to cross the bay bridge, we ended up having a drive through the entire bay area this morning.  As Stuart and I both lived in the east bay for some time in our pasts, we had a nice little reminiscing chat while driving home.

     By the time we arrived home, both boys slept for a little over an hour and were rejuvenated.  We spent a little time at home, changed into shorts, and headed out to a local park to let the boys do some running and playing at the structures.  We also had a picnic snack there in the shade which was very nice and relaxing.  While the boys were snacking, Stuart and I were throwing a football to each other for awhile.  At one point, we stopped to look at the boys.  They were talking to each other, smiling, pointing to things and using the fingers to count, then laughing.  We wished we knew what they were talking about.  We stopped by the grocery store on the way home to pick up some essentials, and by then, Stuart and I were tired.  We planned to move up the evening schedule to put the kids down early, but one of the neighbors ended up stopping by to play and chat with us in the front yard for awhile.  The kids finally went to bed a bit later than usual.  Stuart and I are both exhausted now and enjoying putting our legs up to relax after this long packed day.