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The Getty: Part 1
I had a free Friday and decided to take the kids to the Getty. Erin gave me some free parking passes before she moved and it was a beautiful day, so we went. We ate lunch in the gardens and had a blast in the children's area. The best part was Ben in the gardens. I let the kids run down the big grassy hill. It was so hysterical. Lily is a champ, but Ben is new to this fast running thing. He was going so fast and doing his mini-laffer giggle. At one point, he fell and just kept rolling. It was one of the best things I have ever seen. Ben thought so too. After running up and down for a while, we tried to go up through the garden walk. Ben had to touch EVERY mechanical looking anything. He was all over the place, trying to remove metal fixtures of one kind or another. Lily was in a magical fairy land waterfall scene and couldn't hear me within that bubble, but at least she wasn't breaking anything and she's always in my sights. Ben is TRYING to break things and get as far away from me as possible......so he can break more stuff. He's a nut. It was really a great day with my two very different children.

Lily saw this guy taking a picture with his phone and thought she should do the same.



This is in the children's center. It is so cool and hands on. The kids can actually sit on a replica 15th century bed. I don't know about you, but I always want to get on the stuff in museums!! I totally had to restrain myself at Versailles. So the kids really enjoy getting to touch all the things that you normally say no to. Lily liked writing on the wall. If you look closely, she wrote Lily and Dad. :)



Also in the kids spot, the giant noodle things can fit into any of the holes on the wall = Ben heaven