Next up was Musee Mechanique. We had fun at all the old-time penny arcade. Sarah LOVED her horsey ride. The older girls took turns doing the manual wind-up car racing. We made penny souvenirs and spent lots of quarters. Lots of fun.
We unfortunately couldn't find the sea lions on the pier so afterward we headed down to Ghirardelli Square for some chocolate.
Then we headed to the cable car turn-around and ate our sandwiches while we waited for our turn. William LOVED his first cable car ride. Sarah liked it too ... even though it's "old hat" for her now.
We ended up in Chinatown where Roger picked up Sarah and Will for naps while I accompanied the die-hard tourists while they picked out their souvenirs. Among other things, they found some awesome miniature parasols and an adorable tea party set. It was nice to be able to browse in the stores without having to keep an eye on my kids.
For Family Home Evening we headed out to Fentons to get ice cream. El Cid's girls LOVE the movie Up! so it was fun to take them to the ice cream shop. We even saw red and blue cars drive past. Each girl got to choose her own ice cream dish. Sarah wanted "pink" ice cream. But once she got it she didn't think pink was a good flavor. She wanted Valinda's and Mommy's "brown" ice cream. I, however, enjoyed her strawberry ice cream.
After ice cream we continued down the road to visit the Oakland Temple visitor center. They have a beautiful exhibit of paintings depicting scenes from The Book of Mormon. I loved it.
Whew. That was definitely a full day. Lots of fun.
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