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eyelessgameFor the first time in I don't know how long I'm taking several days off from work without a specific plan to go anywhere for most of it.
That said, it's not like we're not actually going anywhere... just that we're still sleeping at home, and doing different things on different days.
I was surprised -- I listed a bunch of places we could go, and the Chabot Center was at the top of both Kate's and Robert's lists. Pleased, though, as I could hang out in planetariums all summer, had I my druthers.
So - this is what we're doing for the rest of the week.
Wednesday - Chabot Center
Thursday - Railroad Museum, then Kate's soccer practice 4-5:30
Friday - K&J to moms group, R with me to buy a bike; bookstore in the afternoon; K&R skating lesson at 5:15
Saturday - Gaea blockade almost certainly happening 12-N where N = { 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 }; if N < 3, perhaps another outing
Sunday - Nothing planned; I'm leaving it open in case (among other possibilities) Joshua decides he wants to go to the zoo
Other stuff, scheduled tentatively:
Kate wants her training wheels taken off (Thursday afternoon)
Robert, board game (Thursday during soccer practice)
Robert needs a bike (Friday morning)
Bookstore run (Friday afternoon)
Viking Hobby run (Friday, with bookstore)
Ladder purchase at Home Depot (Saturday morning)
All three kids and I need our hairs cut (Saturday morning)
Miscellaneous english, math, and science games (evenings and weekend)
Other possible stuff we might alter our schedule to accomodate:
Game with Dave and Carrie / playdate with their kids
Sacramento Aviation Museum
Discovery Museum
Sacramento Zoo
I'm glad to see the kids didn't put the Discovery Museum or the zoo as their top requests -- we've been to them the most, and kids like repetition/reinforcement, but we've done enough of both of those places that I think this week is a good opportunity to do something entirely different.
So. Tomorrow, at the Chabot Center:
Cosmic Voyage is at 10:30 and 1:30, at the unfortunately-named Tien Megadome Theater (hopefully our heads will still be attached to our bodies afterwards)
Search for Life is on in the planetarium on the half-hour: 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 4:20.
I'd like to think we could reach the Center by something close to its 10:00 AM opening time, but I may be on pills. Theoretically it's less than 2 hours to get to the Center, but Google Maps has no concept of rush hour. I'm proud to say I've virtually never had to fight Sacramento rush hour, and don't know when it starts or stops, or how well the I-80 bypass avoids it (Bus. 80 goes through downtown; I-80 itself wraps around the north end of the city).
This is academic as regards showtimes, though -- if we walk into the Center at, say, 10:15, the kids will not be in the mood to sit still through a show at 10:30. This means we're seeing Cosmic Voyage at 1:30. If we actually take in both shows, this means we do Search for Life at 11:30. By process of elimination, we eat lunch between the two shows, and that means we have the following schedule:
I think that breaks up the day nicely and has a decent shot at keeping them from doing the same thing for too long and getting bored.
That said, it's not like we're not actually going anywhere... just that we're still sleeping at home, and doing different things on different days.
I was surprised -- I listed a bunch of places we could go, and the Chabot Center was at the top of both Kate's and Robert's lists. Pleased, though, as I could hang out in planetariums all summer, had I my druthers.
So - this is what we're doing for the rest of the week.
Wednesday - Chabot Center
Thursday - Railroad Museum, then Kate's soccer practice 4-5:30
Friday - K&J to moms group, R with me to buy a bike; bookstore in the afternoon; K&R skating lesson at 5:15
Saturday - Gaea blockade almost certainly happening 12-N where N = { 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 }; if N < 3, perhaps another outing
Sunday - Nothing planned; I'm leaving it open in case (among other possibilities) Joshua decides he wants to go to the zoo
Other stuff, scheduled tentatively:
Kate wants her training wheels taken off (Thursday afternoon)
Robert, board game (Thursday during soccer practice)
Robert needs a bike (Friday morning)
Bookstore run (Friday afternoon)
Viking Hobby run (Friday, with bookstore)
Ladder purchase at Home Depot (Saturday morning)
All three kids and I need our hairs cut (Saturday morning)
Miscellaneous english, math, and science games (evenings and weekend)
Other possible stuff we might alter our schedule to accomodate:
Game with Dave and Carrie / playdate with their kids
Sacramento Aviation Museum
Discovery Museum
Sacramento Zoo
I'm glad to see the kids didn't put the Discovery Museum or the zoo as their top requests -- we've been to them the most, and kids like repetition/reinforcement, but we've done enough of both of those places that I think this week is a good opportunity to do something entirely different.
So. Tomorrow, at the Chabot Center:
Cosmic Voyage is at 10:30 and 1:30, at the unfortunately-named Tien Megadome Theater (hopefully our heads will still be attached to our bodies afterwards)
Search for Life is on in the planetarium on the half-hour: 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 4:20.
I'd like to think we could reach the Center by something close to its 10:00 AM opening time, but I may be on pills. Theoretically it's less than 2 hours to get to the Center, but Google Maps has no concept of rush hour. I'm proud to say I've virtually never had to fight Sacramento rush hour, and don't know when it starts or stops, or how well the I-80 bypass avoids it (Bus. 80 goes through downtown; I-80 itself wraps around the north end of the city).
This is academic as regards showtimes, though -- if we walk into the Center at, say, 10:15, the kids will not be in the mood to sit still through a show at 10:30. This means we're seeing Cosmic Voyage at 1:30. If we actually take in both shows, this means we do Search for Life at 11:30. By process of elimination, we eat lunch between the two shows, and that means we have the following schedule:
7:30 Get out of the house, no really, stop laughing Arrival - 11:30 Exhibits 11:30 - 12:10 Planetarium: Search for Life 12:10 - 1:30 Lunch (possibly a few minutes for exhibits after lunch) 1:30 - 2:10 Cosmic Voyage 2:10 - Josh Explodes Exhibits
I think that breaks up the day nicely and has a decent shot at keeping them from doing the same thing for too long and getting bored.
