Joel worked in LA last Friday so we decided to spend the day there while he was working. Mostly because he needed to be dropped off at the truck rental place to pick up the equipment truck to go prep for an upcoming film he is working on and then needed picked up at the production office when he was done prepping. I decided at least 4 hours driving back and forth wasn't worth it so we planned a day in LA. We went to Exposition Park to the free museums there to start. We went to the California African American Museum where we saw lots of photos of influential African Americans, art work, and displays from Africa and slavery in the south. We saw a necklock and chain that the slaves were marched down south in (the chain gangs) and two dresses that Ella Fitzgerald performed in. After that museum we went to the CaliforniaScienCenter for Space and Aircraft.They got to pretend to fly a helicopter, see a space suit, fly paper airplanes with different shaped wings,and a few other things. We headed to the Rose Garden for a picnic lunch before going to the World of Life exhibit where they got to see how big a baby at 22 weeks gestation is, baby chicks, lobsters, and learned about the parts of a plant, and our bodies. I like the science center because it is free, very hands on, and educational. Here are some photos from the Rose Garden. From Expo Park we headed to The Grove, an outdoor shopping mall that houses the American Girls Store. Adelle was in heaven. She did really good not being able to buy anything. (The dolls alone are
90$!) The store was over the top. They have a hair salon and a hospital for the dolls. We read the books about Felicity when we were studying Colonial American last spring. Felicity is Adelle's favorite doll. Here is a photo with the Felicity dolls. Adelle really liked trying clothes on so we took a few pictures of her trying on Samantha's pajamas