Ever since I first went there, I’ve been excited to take Maile to the California Academy of Sciences. The Academy has an aquarium, planetarium and natural history museum all under one roof. (Oh, and Christine wants me to mention that they have penguins too!)
On Sunday we were originally going to head to Half Moon Bay for the Pumpkin Festival, but bad weather had us calling an audible and we decided to see if Maile was old enough for the California Academy of Sciences. The answer was a resounding “yes”! We only really took in about 1/3 of the academy, spending most of our time in the aquarium. The aquarium is great – they let you get right up to the glass and they have rooms where it feels like you are in a fish bowl with the fishes zooming all over the place. Hard to get good pictures due to the lighting, but we did our best…
Maile Girl taking it all in...
Mommy, do these bars mean I can't go play with the fishies?
Not sure who is more fascinated here, Maile or me...
Daddy, there are so many fishies in here I can't even point to them all, but I'm going to do my best...
Maile wasn't even scared of the snake!
Maile really seemed to enjoy herself. She’s at this age now where she is a total sponge taking in everything – and the aquarium certainly had a lot to take in. We bought an annual pass on the way out and we’ll definitely be back sometime soon to check out the rest of the Academy (we didn’t even go to the indoor rainforest which many people say is the best part).
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