Sunday, October 25, 2009

Darling Harbor

The kids and I spent a day recently at an area called Darling Harbor. It has several museums, an IMAX, the aquarium, Sydney Wildlife World , and outdoor play areas, restaurants, convention centers, etc. It's a great place. We went to the Wildlife World and then played outside for a while. It was a really fun day.



Huge beetles...



Huge spider...


Wombat

Wallaby




The kangaroos were being lame...all of them were laying down. Did you know kangaroo and crocodile meat is somewhat mainstream here? Not that everyone eats it alot, but you can find it any grocery store or on any restaurant menu.

Two cute koalas with their babies...koalas, which are not bears I found out, sleep something like 22 hours a day.



Playing outdoors


50 cent ice cream cone from McD's
Soren was having fun sharing until two seconds after this picture was taken...William accidentally bit Soren's finger pretty hard!


A long day, and the kids all fall asleep on the way home...it's hard to see, but Burke's face is incredibly dirty



Burke still couldn't quite wake up, even after walking up the stairs to our place.


8 comments:

Jess said...

So FUN! Tallon said that the animal that William is sitting on is a manatee? Then he said 'wait, no they look different'. ???

Anna B said...

these pics are fantastic! the one of soren feeding william looks like william from three years ago feeding current william--it's crazy! great post. i love the pic of burke on the floor. these kids are adorable.

Sarah said...

what a fun day! and what cute boys! poor burke must've been exhausted. :)

Erin said...

I love the picture of them all sleeping! What a peaceful moment. You are a better mom than I, I would have skipped the spiders and such!

Linda Bennion said...

Thank you...thank you for being such a good poster of pictures! I look everyday because I just love to see what you are doing and I love to see the adorable faces of Will, Burke and Soren. The picture of Burke was priceless...it made me think of Don who I would often wake from the couch at the end of a TV show and find him draped over the stairs on the way up to bed...not quite able to make it to the bedroom without another wake up call. Mind you...the TV show had ended at 9 pm...Don was out by 8:30 on many a night!!!

Rachael said...

What a way cool zoo!! Your kids are going to know such a variety of animals. That looks like a great day - I love them all sleeping in the car, what a great feeling after a full day.

Erin M said...

How great!!! You are such a fun mom. I can't believe how grown up your boys are. Isn't Burke supposed to be a baby still? I love the sleeping car picture.

Linda and Arlon said...

What an adventure. You always seek out and find fun things to do with your kids. I think that's not always easy-to pack them up and go somewhere, but what memories they will have. You are a great mom!