Rainy Day? Back to the Discovery Museum

1/22/12 was a rainy day in Northern California this year. It also was Paul's 38th birthday.  As a busy daddy, he requested a little alone time for his birthday before the big 49ers game, so I took Tanyon back down to the Bay Area Discovery Museum. There were lots of kids there, but we had a ball nonetheless. 

Our first stop was the Tot Spot, where Tanyon has been contemplating going on the "pond" area for over a year.  On this day, he had a breakthrough and conquered his fear.  It took some observation of other kids first, then he picked a pond that was covered with no other kids in it.  He started by putting his feet in the "water," then sitting on a lily pad. Here he is hiding behind one of the lily pads:

Starting to move around on the pond:

Once he got in, he realized there was a real fish tank on the ceiling of the pond.  He sat for awhile and watched the fish:

Before long, Tanyon was rolling around the pond:

One of the other areas of great interest was The Bay Hall, where they have a great train play area:

Then, Tanyon spent a bunch of time "fishing" for crabs:

After playing at the museum for a few hours, Tanyon and I went into San Francisco to pick up dumplings and noodles at one of our favorite Chinese food spots. We brought them home for daddy's birthday and ate them during the Niner game.  Aunt Sheila also stopped by with a homemade lemon pie, which was super yummy.