Museum

Daniel was out of school Friday due to weather and then Monday for the holiday- so we had a nice long weekend! I briefly thought about taking the kids to the museum on Monday, but quickly realized that it was likely to be pretty crowded with kids out of school. So, we decided that Tuesday would be a good day for the museum. Actually, it was between the zoo and museum and luckily the museum won out- as it was only in the 30's that morning! At least the museum had heat! But it did prove to be a somewhat busy day at the museum anyway as there were several school field trips with lots of kiddos. But with my quick thinking, we managed to avoid all of the crowds and had a good time.

First up was the Dinosaurs. The kids got to put together a puzzle, measure the bones and look in the microscopes- all fun stuff!

One big hit for the kids is the Children's Museum area- so much fun stuff to do! Arianna is still mesmerized by the bubbles- she continually goes back to those bubbles! Little Gym sponsors an area called Balancing Act which they enjoyed. Arianna followed Daniel around and did everything he did- cute. And what is it with the grocery store? That section was packed and they were out of grocery carts! Arianna walked smack into the metal rail where the carts go. She hit her forehead dead on and put her hand to her head and rubbed it. There were Mom's sitting around that gasped when she hit, but there wasn't a single tear...I tell you, that girl is tough! There was also an area to build your own train and an "emergency" area where Arianna drove the Ambulance-now that's a little scary! Daniel loved building the train track!

There is a section called Energy Blast that is actually a 4D movie about energy sources. Daniel didn't want to see the movie, but we were able to go through the exhibit that you normally see after watching the movie. It was really cool! One room has a model of Fort Worth that looks awesome- we could even see Daddy's building! You go to each station and do what the computer tells you. Each station talks about a different energy source and once you are done, it "powers" some part of Fort Worth- really neat. I could probably have stayed a lot longer just looking at the model- amazing!

We also went through the Cattle Raiser's exhibit and an exhibit about Historic Fort Worth. The kids got to sit on a trolley and ring the bell. There were games and puzzles in the Cattle Raiser's exhibit that they enjoyed.

There were a few exhibits we bypassed due to the crowds and it was about noon anyway and we were picking up Daddy for lunch! So, we headed out after a fun day at the Museum! We picked up Daddy and had a yummy lunch at Qdoba! All in all, it was a fun day and we were all tired!