Trip to Balboa Park

This afternoon, we did a lot of activities at Balboa Park with Melissa, Sean and their two year old daughter, Layla. We went inside of Reuben H. Fleet and searched for Kid City. Before we found it was upstairs, we explored nearby hand-on activities. It was not appropriate for younger kids, but they enjoyed exploring new things.

The first thing they noticed was the foggy before they explored further on the first floor. After that, they decided to hop from activities to another: playing drums, dancing and playing with sand before discovering the Kid City was upstairs. (see at the bottom of this post's video)

Not only the kids explored themselves, I discovered both my husband and Sean were curious such as playing with the Chinese Bowl. It was supposed to rub on the handle and make the water bubbles. Sean prayed so hard to succeed while David was not the kind of a person who would give it up on trying his destination.Finally, we all went upstairs to go to in Kid City Department. Inside of the room, it has lots of colorful, interactive exhibitions that includes conveyor belts, air chutes, a factory, grocery store, and several kid-friendly computers to teach young visitors age six and under about the wonders of the everyday working world.

As we let our kids got their opportunity to open the world around them, I have found Dylan, Ryan and Layla enjoyed what they like the most. Dylan enjoyed pretending he was a charity by giving pretend food out to others. Ryan enjoyed playing with the plastic balls that go up in the tube. Layla, enjoyed having her dad pretending they were talking over the phone. Their exploration last for at least a half hour before we went to see an hour of The Living Sea: IMAX Film. While we were there, we had to separate the seats because Layla was so young. The parents and Layla had to seat up in the front while the four of us were seating in the back of the seat. Throughout the movie, we were pretty pleased to see our children behaving so well. Dylan actually was afraid of a three dimension movie because he thought he would drown in the water while Ryan LOVED seeing all of the motions. I had to held myself tight because I was hoping I would not get a vertigo attack due to the motions. Lucky, it didn't attack me.

Once the movie was over, we gathered for quick lunch before we did more activities for our kids. They ran around the water foundation and danced in a front of jazz.

Eventually, we walked to a nearby park. All of them loved to try something challenging them with and without our assistance. Layla loved to climb upstairs and tried to do without our help. I could say I was pretty impressed with her independence especially her age. Dylan enjoyed the spinning seat. After a couple of times, he finally admitted he felt dizzy. David had to hold him until his dizzy stopped. Ryan just liked to try everything new without depending on swinging as he used to obsessed whenever we went to park.

When the weather got colder in the late afternoon, we all called it off for home. I would say that it was really nice change for the boys to spend a wonderful afternoon with their cousin, Layla. Not only spending times with Layla, both David and I enjoyed spending the time with Melissa and Sean.