Philly Phun

We headed into Philly for a day trip on Saturday. We really wanted to see the Narnia exhibit at the Franklin Institute before our membership ran out. Unfortunately, no cameras were allowed in the exhibit, so we had to settle for this shot in the concourse.

The kids had fun, but we probably won't renew our membership right away - other than the travelling exhibits, seeing the museum multiple times in a year can get boring. We did see a nice IMAX on the Grand Canyon, although it was a bit environmentally preachy. Still, there were many highlights to the trip. Nicky got a cheesesteak:

Kairi got to surf:

And I got to see the automaton that inspired the GREAT Caldecott book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret":

On our way out of Philly, we had to stop to see our favorite big cats at the zoo:

And take Daddy on the new carousel. We picked the spinning snake basket and all piled in:

Daddy is hamming it up a bit, but spinning a car while spinning on a carousel can get a little nauseating:
The one problem with loving to day trip is that it sometimes leaves us wanting a break from our weekend! Fortunately for us, Monday was a snow day, so we had a day to rest, too!