Below is Ryan perfecting his art.
And, Ryan is showing off his colorful hands.
Ryan is proud of his masterpiece.
And Connor is just as artistic. Maybe this will be worth millions some day.
After Connor and Ryan were done making their messes with fingerpaints, they wanted to paint with paintbrushes too. 
After we checked in to the hotel, we walked to lunch. We were going to go to Golden Gate Park, but the boys were obviously in need of a nap, so once we got back to the hotel, I had the boys lay down and they fell asleep immediately. While we were going to lunch, the boys saw the boat/car tour (quackers tour that goes on land and water, so it looks like a boat and car at the same time). We were going to do that instead of the park, but the boys slept too long, so we didn't have time to do the tour.
Instead we were going to walk to fisherman's wharf to have dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. While we were walking through China Town, Connor threw up ALL over himself, Ryan, and the stroller. Neither Connor or Ryan were happy with the mess all over their their shirt, sweatshirt, pants, shoes, and stroller. And they definitely didn't want to sit in the stroller again until it was cleaned up (can't blame them for that). Luckily, we were in China Town, so shirts were cheap, so we bought them both new shirts to wear and took off their dirty shirts and pants, so it looked like they were walking around in nightgown shirts (the shirts were kind of big on them, but it worked since they weren't wearing any pants with them). We turned around, and walked back to the hotel to get cleaned up then ended up going to dinner closer to the hotel. We went swimming that evening, and after swimming and a bath, Connor still smelled bad from the throw up. After that one episode, he was fine, so I am not sure what was wrong.
On Sunday we went to the SF Zoo. Below is a picture or Connor and Ryan sitting on a bear at the zoo. The boys liked the zoo.
After the Zoo, we walked to Ocean Beach, but the beach was too windy to actually go on the beach. We were getting sand blasted just walking near it.
That night we decided to try the Rainforest Cafe again and we made it that time. The Rainforest Cafe is decorated like a rainforest with lots of animals. Below is a picture of the boys looking at an elephant as we were waiting to be seated.
We were in a section that had a river next to our table, snakes, butterflies, monkeys, stars and moon above us with shooting stars going every couple seconds. Every 20 minutes or so, there is a thunderstorm in the rainforest. By the end of the night, Connor decided the thunderstorms were "so scary". Below is a picture of Connor's expression when the thunderstorms started in the restaurant.
There was also a large frog that walked around to meet everyone and the boys got their picture with the frog, ChaCha. 
We bought them a new sweatshirt for the walk back to the hotel since the only sweatshirt we brought for them was puked on the day before. On Monday, we rode the train home, walked home, then the boys took a nap.
Ryan went down the slide just fine. He just made sure to keep his legs and arms up while he went down.
As we walked back to Grandma and Grandpa's house from the park, Connor and Ryan picked all the weed flowers to give to Grandma. They would pick flowers, then put them in their pocket so they could pick more. Grandma was thrilled with the flowers, or at least she pretended to :)
We spent the holiday in Rohnert Park, where they still allow personal fireworks. Connor and Ryan were excited all day about the fireworks and kept telling everyone that they get to see fireworks when it got dark. At first the loud booms of the illegal fireworks scared Ryan, and both Connor and Ryan had to sit on Mommy's lap when the fireworks first started. But, after they got warmed up to them, they loved them. They especially loved the sparklers!
I was experimenting with the firework and night settings on my camera, so the below two pictures look kind of "ghostly."
We had a fun 4th of July! We had so much fun that ALL of us slept in until 9:30 the next morning.
The boys loved playing the board games and Ed and I had fun playing with them. But, I forgot how boring board games are that are oriented towards 3-year-olds. I definitely can't stand more than one round of Candy Land in a day... at least not without going insane. That is why we played three different games, one round of each.
The weather was beautiful. We all had a great time at the zoo. Connor and Ryan were running around non-stop in all their excitement. It is always fun to watch 3-year-olds when they are so excited over the simplest things. Connor was a bit disappointed that we didn't find any ducks or mice at the zoo, but he got over that. 
Ryan took a stumble running around at the zoo, and got a nice, bloody knee. He was happy when we got back to the car and he got a band-aid to fix his "bright red boo-boo".
Their initial reaction to the swim lessons was crying, but now that they are use to the water, Connor and Ryan both love it. Their teacher is Maggie and she is great with kids. 
Most of the lessons are just the teacher with Connor and Ryan, so they get lots of personal attention. 
In the pictures, Connor is wearing the green goggles and Ryan is wearing the purple goggles.
