Day 5 - Universal

The City Passes we got for the trip included a day at Universal Studios so we decided to take advantage of it. We debated if we should or not but are glad we did. It's pretty much for older kids so there wasn't much for my kids to do but they still had fun.

Funny story. On the way up we were having some snacks. It's kind of hard to see but Sophia pulled this cookie out of the Nutter Butters. She couldn't believe how much peanut butter it had in it! It totally cracked all of us up. Here we are outside.

When we got into the park we had fun meeting characters like Curious Georgeand the Lorax! Sophia was especially excited about this one because they had just read this book in school.


I then took the girls on the Studio Tour because there was no way Mabel was going to wait in that 45 min line. The tour was pretty fun. After Disney everything was a little underwhelming but it was still fun. Along the way we got to see Whoville

The Bates Motel and the house from Psycho in the background.
and a set from War of the Worlds
The best discovery we made though was Curious Georges jungle! It was this huge room full of foam balls and all sorts of machines and devices that you could play with. I think we honestly spent 2 hours in there. My kids loved it!

There were so many balls!Here's Mabes at a little splash pad outside the jungle.


Before we left we stopped to see the animal show where they show you how they train animals for the movies. My cute niece Cassandra was chosen to come and do something with some birds. She's so cute! Sophia really like this guy.
After that we headed to San Diego for a few days. This sign was waiting for us at the hotel. It cracked us up. There were 32 of us staying there so it was fun to be welcomed. We even got a little swag bag and everything. It was a fun surprise!
We got there kind of late and the girls immediately fell asleep. Once again, I just loved seeing them all tucked in with their dolls.

Here's a little clip with my niece at the animal show.