Well I should have known to reschedule the trip when the kids woke up at 5:30 this morning. I left them in their cribs for an hour hoping they'd go back to sleep, but the cries never stopped. I finally went in at 6:30 and changed diapers, but their diapers weren't really that bad. As I was changing Jake's, John walks in the kids' room to see what's going on and if he could help. Well, that was it. As soon as they saw daddy, they lost it...they weren't going back to sleep. So, I told John to grab Abby and I grabbed Jake and we headed off to our bed. I was so tired and really wanted to sleep. Abby cried for a bit longer, but finally settled down. Jake just played and played on our bed. We all finally crawled out of bed and I made breakfast early for everyone. I was hoping to get them back on schedule, but by 9:15 they were so cranky that I put them down for a nap early.
They also decided they didn't really need to nap that long (even though they were SOOO tired) and woke up in 45 minutes. I wasn't dressed and didn't have anything packed for the museum so I just let them cry until I had everything loaded. By 10:30 we're heading out the door for our adventure!
We made it into Dallas in record time, but suddenly came to a halt. CONSTRUCTION!!!! I decided to try an alternate way to the museum, but I ran into construction with every turn. Traffic was absolutely horrible too. The line was so backed up to get into fair park. I finally find my way there and then the parking attendant tells me it's $15 for parking. What? I have no CASH!!!! He tells me to do a U-Turn and on my way back through the line I ask if this is normal traffic. It really seams heavy for the museum. He tells me no, there's a concert with 20,000 people going on. Okay - note to self, check for special events before venturing to Fair Park!!!
I finally wind around through Fair Park and find FREE parking for the museum (That guy knew where the museum parking was, but he just wanted my money! He knew I'd have to walk a mile to the museum if I parked in the concert parking lot!!! Jerk!).
Okay, I've been driving in the Fair Park area for almost an hour and FINALLY I'm parked and getting the kids loaded up to go inside. YEAH!!! I have to give the kids credit though, they didn't fuss a bit in the car. I on the other hand did.
Once inside we had a great time. The children's museum was great - everything was hands on. Although my guys just looked at everything. I wasn't brave enough to let them out to explore by myself. We'll have to go back with John one day. I actually think he'd love the place. They did get to play in the toddler area (it was gated - smart people). After the science museum, we headed to the nature building. I didn't think the kids would like this, but Abby cracked up laughing at every exhibit. She also pointed at almost everything in the place and asked "What's that?". She loved it!!! Jake was a good sport, but he was pretty tired.
Take the traffic and construction out of the equation and it was a great trip.
Jake and Abby crawled and climbed over everything in the toddler room.
Look at that picture!
Kids could "dig" for bones in the sand pits below the dinasour. Very cool!
What are you looking at?
That beaver is so funny looking!
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