San Diego Zoo

Our third stop is San Diego. Since we only had three days in San Diego, the first place we have to go visit is the world famous San Diego zoo. And of course the kids were so excited to see the giant panda. We were so lucky that the panda in the zoo was only 3 years old and he was very active. We saw him climb up and down the tree, walk around, roll on the ground and eat the bamboos. Kids loved the monkey trail as the setting was more like in the forest and you can sit on the bench in the shade and just watch all kinds of monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees play. 

Grand Canyon National Park

Our second stop is Grand Canyon National Park. It was a little chilly in the morning and very foggy. We took blue route bus from visitor center to the red route bus transfer as the red route offers the most view point. Mommy did get quite nervous around kids as the trail was slippery and kiddos don't seem to have sense of danger of cliff yet. We had to quickly snap some pictures when the fog cleared up a little as it got foggy again in a minute or two and visibility was very low. But we did get lucky at the end of trip as sun came out and we have seen the amazing view of Grand Canyon at Mather's point.

Summer Trip - Las Vegas

Grandparents Li has visited us this summer. We decided to take them to the west coast before Aiden goes back to school. Our first stop is Las Vegas. Kids loved to watch music fountain in Bellagio and visit M&M world.

July 4th at Coldwater

We visited uncle Jason's family on the July 4th weekend. As usual, kids loved to spend the time int he park down the street of Jason's house. They spent hours there and still upset when we left.

Hiking in the Woods

While we played in the Holidays park, we accidentally discovered some very nice hiking trails in the woods. It is very quiet and pretty scenery with the river. It is a very nice hiking area that is close to home.

We Love Each Other

Sunday morning, after breakfast, kids had some relaxed time on the couch and watched some cartoon. Mia wanted to hug Aiden and he was OK at the beginning but didn't last long. Still nice to see them so close to each other and be nice to each other.

Mia's First Baseball Game

Daddy has been taking Aiden to Indianapolis Indians' game. Aiden really enjoyed the game as he got so much snack. We decided to take Mia as well to see how she does. She stayed the whole game and her favorite part was food and shows during the game. One show was a giant squid "swallowed" the people and spit him out "piece by piece". Kids thought that was scary. They also liked the big caterpillar broke to half.

Fun in the Holiday Park

Aiden and Mia really like the Holiday park as it has big playground for both small and big kids. Mia wanted to try everything that Aiden was on even though she couldn't quite manage it. Aiden has been practicing the monkey bar at school and he has really increased some upper body strength.

Transformers in the Museum

The transformers came to Children's museum and hotwheels exhibition also came back due to the popularity and big success last time. Aiden enjoyed playing all kinds of transformers and also traced some transformers and colored them. Mia likes the China exhibition as she got to take care of baby panda.

Exotic Car Show at IMA

Indianapolis Art Museum had new exhibition for exotic cars. Aiden really liked to look at some of those cars that have quite unique designs.

100-Acre Park

Indianapolis Art Museum has a very nice outdoor park. It is called 100-acre park where it combines arts and natures. Kids' favorite was the skeleton rock. They loved to walk on it and find the different parts of body bones. Aiden also had fun to jump from one part of bone to the other and Mia hasn't quite managed the far jumping skill. They also liked to the number statues.