Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

On Saturday:

April, Ava, Hayley, Emersyn, Nanette and I went to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. The place was packed! Hogle Zoo {in Utah} doesn't even see that much traffic in a month {I might be exaggerating that a little}! But seriously, there were lines for every animal and it was hard trying not to step on or bump into other people. Despite that fact we all had a great time! I took quite a bunch of pictures, so here's a few {but of course my battery died, and didn't get all I wanted of the aquarium, oh well!}:

{Nanette, Hayley & Emmy, April & Ava}




{Ava loved the fish so much she tried to jump in with them}

The Warhol

The Warhol is one of the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world. It documents the life and work of Andy Warhol {who was an American artist that was the central figure in the movement known as pop art}.

I, Chanthoeun, having been named the events coordinator for the summer, according to some of the other wives here {there's 8 of us}, gathered up some of the ladies {April, Ava, Brittney, Kathryn and myself} for a ride to downtown Pittsburgh and being a Friday night {you get half off on admission}, I thought it would be the perfect excuse to check something off of my must-see list. I thought it was pretty cool and the exhibits were definitely INTERESTING {the museum also features works of other artists besides Warhol's as well}. Unfortunately I was not allowed to take any pictures so I won't be able to show you what I mean. You'll have to see for yourself {you totally should go if you're ever in Pittsburgh}. During our visit they were filming a scene for a movie called She's Out of My League {click for more info}. It's due out some time in the spring of 2009. No, we didn't quite manage to be part of the production. :( But we did get to wander onto the set a little {well mostly Brittney} :)

The Chidern's Museum of Pittsburgh with Ava. . .

On Wednesday May 7th, April took Ava to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. And Nanette and I went along too! It was fun to watch Ava interact with all the fun exhibits they had. The museum is a great place for kids of all ages, especial those of the 21 and 25 yr old age range! ha ha. :)

{April and Ava on Mister Rogers' front porch swing!}

{Yes! That's a giant LITE-BRITE board!!}




{Ava was enjoying her solo ride on the bubble-making teeter-totter when suddenly this little boy {lil' Nicky} came over and tried to take her bow out of her hair. After many failed attempts he made nice and play on the teeter-totter with her. Too cute!}

{There was this screen that if you stood in front of it you would appear on it, and then if you opened your mouth it would throw a smiley face up on your face. I had to get a picture of it.}

Gas for the drive downtown
& getting lost in Pittsburgh: $10 give or take.
Parking for the museum: $5.
Admission to the museum: $9 per adult, kids under 2: free.
The smile on Ava's face in the picture below: PRICELESS!! . . .

For everything else, Pittsburgh takes Visa!!