The Discovery Center

Last weekend we made it to a little "park" in Fresno. It was a lot of fun... freezing cold, but fun!! We left our warm 65 degree weather at our house, and headed to Fresno, with only jackets on. When we got to Fresno, the weather there was much more cold than it was here. So, we were a little bit chilly, but we still had a good time. They had a little toddler playground, that Liv loved. They have a reptile room (indoors) where you could see live reptiles and spiders. They had a lot of bones and animals that had been stuffed. Outside there was a fun little maze made with walls that had been painted. There was a fish pond, space ship, dinosaur area, a worm digging area, whisper dishes, cactus gardens, kid gardens, science experiments and crafts (indoors). The kids loved the science experiments.... they learned about heat conductors. The kids each got to decide a way to keep the heat in their cups with hot water. They had a choice of items to insulate their cups and after 10 minutes we checked to see whose cup kept the water the hottest, Cami's was the hottest (thanks to a little help from Daddy). We had a great time and look forward to finding more fun places to play... did I mention it was free? Even better!!

In the cactus garden, Gloria and Liv and their friend loved touching every single cactus they could find. I tried to tell them that touching them could be painful, but they reminded me of the parks motto "Touch Touch Touch!!!" How could I argue with that? They did touch them all, and didn't get poked at all. Liv loved running and running and running all over, everywhere. She had a great time. Gray found some orange trees and picked up all the small ones that had fallen on the ground. He brought them home, they were pretty cute. Cami loved the whisper dishes and like to make sure that the people on the other side could hear her. I think that we will go back there soon.