California Science Center daytrip

Bennett and I set out for the day to meet up with Daddy for lunch across the street from USC at the California Science Center. I love this place...it is free to get in to! Plus it has a McDonald's on the first floor...which at Bennett's stage makes it a nearly perfect place to go to. See Daddy during the day, push buttons on all the exhibits, get McDonald's for lunch...what could be better! Such a great place.

Bennett and Daddy figuring out how sound travels. Bennett loves this exhibit every time we go.

Just in case you were wondering...yes we have a car with us at all times...never leave home without at least 3 cars!

Fun running up and down the little block walls...we must have been in this spot for 20 minutes. :o)

Stop tickling me mommy!

A rare moment of standing still at the museum.

Such a Great Day!

I had the absolute best day this week. Decided one day to take Bennett down to USC to go to the California Science Center and meet up with Dan for lunch. (The Science Center is directly across the street from Dan's work, so he got to play with us for a bit before going back to work). We had an awesome time there, and when I went to leave I decided to drive the route home that ran along PCH and the beach then over the mountains to home. It was so beautiful. I feel so fortunate to be living in So. California where I played in the snow over the weekend and can go to the beach the next day. The scenery was gorgeous and the hills are all green from all the rain we have been having. It was just so nice to get out since I have felt so closed in with having constant colds since Christmas then weeks of rain. Such a great day and such a great drive!!

Ocean view from my car while driving north on PCH.

Drove back on Kanan Rd back to Malibou Lake Mountain Club where Dan and I got married. Just such a pretty place.

A scene in the Santa Monica mountains back by Malibou Lake.

Sledding with Grandpa

Last weekend I took off again to Lake Arrowhead. Dan's family and my mom joined me up there and the kids just had an absolute blast playing in the snow. Grandpa gave free tobaggon rides all weekend! We had a bunch of snowball fights and for some reason, Bennett loves eating the snow...had to taste every snowball before he threw it. :o) Great weekend playing in the snow. We usually don't get as much snow at our condo as we have this year so we have been trying to take advantage of it...I think that the people who live in Arrowhead wish that the snow would stop already though. :o)

Grandpa gives great tobaggon rides!

This was Max's first time playing in the snow..he liked sledding!

Sam and Bennett...first knockdown of several while I was trying to build a snowman that never got entirely built!

Sam.

Red Car - San Pedro

Last Friday night just the 4 Lenhart Members of the family headed out for a rare night out together to San Pedro to go to a sing a long version of the movie Mamma Mia. Before we went to the movie we decided to take a ride on the red car line which is a replica of the historic electric red car that ran all over Southern California from the late 1800's to about 1961. It runs about 2 miles long now along the waterfront in San Pedro from the cruise ship terminals down to the end of the harbor. It was so much fun (even though it was horribly cold when we went!). We had such a blast at the sing a long too (which was a fundraising event to help restore an original art deco movie house that was originally owned by Warner Bros.) Crazy night...lots of rain, but lots of fun (Abba style fun)! Got to meet up with my friends Leah and David, but sadly I have no pics of them to post. All of these pics were taken on my cell phone, so the quality is not great.

We were absolutely freezing because it was windy and cold and raining and we didn't dress properly at all! This is Craig and Mom and Cheryl huddling together for warmth and waiting for the red car to come.

Red Car pulling in to the station. Bennett would say "ALL ABOARD" if he saw it!

Ridin' the Red Car.

Craig riding along ...in seats that incidentally were made just like the originals and the seat backs swivel so you can change which direction you want to sit...forward or backward. I thought that was ingenious engineering for the 1800's! Check out the video below...Cheryl is demonstrating how they work.