Zoo and Museum

This one is a little late, but the kids and I went to the zoo right before Thanksgiving and had a great time! We really love having our zoo membership! It was a cool day- I think around 50 degrees and the zoo was empty. We practically had the place to ourselves! I was a little disappointed that the giraffes weren't out as they are one of my very favorites. I gave Daniel money to get a pressed penny and he chose a giraffe for me since I didn't get to see them...what a sweetheart! We had the penguin room to ourselves and stayed there quite awhile as we all love the penguins. A penguin jumped in the water and Arianna had a good time running back and forth following the penguin. We skipped feeding the birds as neither seemed interested and we headed back to the petting zoo and carousel. We were the only ones on the carousel so she let us stay on there quite awhile- which was fun for the kids although Mom was ready to get off! We took a nice walk back to the entrance and the kids picked out a couple of little toys before heading out. Then we headed downtown to get Tony for a nice lunch!






We had planned to make another trip to the zoo for Arianna's actual birthday, but decided we would go for something indoors since the temperature was a high of 40 that day. We just got a membership to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and thought that would make a fun day! The zoo just reopened in November and has really changed! There are lots of children's interactive areas that they loved! Daniel's first request was to see the dinosaur bones so that's where we started.

Then we headed over the the Children's Museum area and let the kids go! Arianna was definitely in awe of the bubbles. She would get 2 feet away from them and then run back and look again!

Daniel says his favorite was "everything"...sounds about right! They both enjoyed the balance area and the grocery store was a definite hit! They loaded up with vegetables and fruits...if only they would eat that well everyay!

We ended in the "Dream" area where you can make your own pinball machine, sand art and build things. The coolest thing in here was the shadow room. There weren't any instructions, so we went in a pushed the button which started a countdown. When it hit 0, a very bright flash went off. Um...ok we had no idea about this one. As we were exiting, a gentleman that worked there came by to explain the exhibit. You can pose and when the flash goes off, it puts your shadow on the wall- even once you move away. Then you can use laser light to draw and make your own art. It was really cool. After that, we made our way backwards back to the Children's Museum and then the dinosaur room. It was a fun day and the kids had a blast! After that, we stopped by downtown and enjoyed a nice lunch with Tony!