A few weeks ago we had plans to go to LEGOLAND Discovery Center Bay Area, but then Aaron came home with a cold and fever, causing us to postpone our plans. This was a real bummer, but thankfully Adam and I had an alternative for that day: seeing Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit at our local, single-screen theater! They had been doing a festival with a “decade” theme, showcasing a trio of movies from 1975, 1985, 2005, and 2015, and the pick of Wallace and Gromit for one of their 2025 picks was pretty exciting for us. MJ stayed home to take care of Aaron, while Adam and I dressed up and walked over to the theater.
It was the first time I’d been to see a movie with just Adam, and all decked out in our matching Wallace and Gromit accessories we had a lot of fun together.
The next day Aaron was like a new person (one day cold?) and we were able to keep our whole family plans to head up to San Francisco for MUNI Heritage Weekend! This is one of our favorite events of the year, and we try to go every year. The booths are always a delight, and we picked up some MUNI merch (puzzle! socks!).
This year we didn’t get to ride the boat tram (lines were excessively long) but we did get to ride on the Melbourne car up to Pier 39 where we requested to get off so we could do some pier adventures and have lunch.
There we also got to see car 578, “America’s oldest passenger streetcar still on the active roster of an urban transit agency, and one of the oldest operating electric streetcars in the world,” as it was turning around at the Pier. And then the boat tram while we were waiting for a regular street car to take us back to the plaza.
Unfortunately we didn’t go on any bus rides this year, but we did get to see the vintage buses!
The following weekend we managed to get to our local Legoland! We were told about this place by our first au pair, Claudia, who invited us to come down with her husband. We’ve been meaning to go with them for ages, so it was great to finally go. It’s located in a mall in Millbrae, and it’s not huge but we had no problem spending over three hours there. Lots of little building stations, they were doing Halloween-themed activities throughout, and the boys enjoyed everything.
They also had a Creative Workshop where we got to build witches!
We did the little “train” ride 3 or 4 times, and enjoyed the 4D theater for a fun little movie.
I was particularly enamored with the center feature of the place where they built a bunch of local landmarks from all around the bay area, the central part being San Francisco, including a BART train.
It was a fun day, and now the boys keep asking to go back. It’s definitely on our list!