Girls Trip to San Francisco

I wish I had these pictures in better order...but here are some pictures from our trip to San Francisco this past weekend.  We had planned to take a family trip to San Francisco as I ventured off on Saturday to Napa for Aunt Sandy's bachlorette party...but Gordon's great uncle Dick passed away and he needed to stay and attend the funeral. So, I sent Lilly to the farm with Grandma Debi, Gordon kept Maddy and Gabby and I took off on an adventure. It started with a quick stop at Starbucks for chocolate milk and a chocolate crossiant, followed by 3 princess movies in the car. We finally made it to Danville, where we were staying with my friend Charise. We stretched our legs, had a snack and decided to head to San Francisco for the day. Charise got her boys out of school so they could come with us. We all had our first BART experience. The kids loved the train ride - and holding the tickets and putting them in the machine the most. They kept shouting "time tunnel, time tunnel approacing" - for anyone that watches Dinasour Train, you know what I am talking about. We then got to SF and took a bike cab to Pier 39 where we had fish and chips for lunch (although it was actually 2pm). We pushed on and went to the aquarium. It was reallt cool. The kids got to touch all kids of living animals and get up close to several others. We spent a good amount of time there and then checked out the elephant seals and all the other things on the wharf and then headed back to the train station. We were in a little bit of commuter traffic but it really wasn't bad. The kids had a great time. I wished we had been able to do and see more...but I remind myself that Gabby is 5 and that windows of 3-4 hours are about all I will get. I didn't go to SF, it just happened to be close and we made it a day trip - I think we did pretty good. The rest of the weekend was a blast and Gabby loved getting to hang with the Tom boys again.  I have already heard the "when are we going to go back" question! It was a long trip but totally worth it.