Perot museum

For Christmas, we got a membership to the Perot museum from Grandpa and Grandma Steve, so we went during the break. We hadn't been before and it was a lot of fun but very crowded. The girls and I are looking forward to going back for some hot summer afternoons. 

Watch out behind you!

Lizzy raced a tylosaurus. She lost.

Motion lab where they film an activity and then play it back in slo mo. 

Dallas with Grandma

We took Grandma to Dallas and saw the JFK memorial, the Old Red Museum, rode the Dallas tour bus,  went to the Dallas museum of art and played at Klyde Warren park, and took the McKinney avenue trolley. It was a lot of fun, but unfortunately, we forgot to take many pictures. 

Art Museum Trip - Not!

On Monday, we met with our girl scouts troop to go to the art museum. As their fearless leader, I had planned what I thought was a great day -- take the train, do a scavenger hunt, play in the park. But I forgot one little technicality - checking to see if the museum was actually open. Turns out that the museum is closed on Mondays. Our girl scout troop will never forget their field trip to the art museum that wasn't open! Nor will they ever again make the mistake of putting me in charge of a field trip!

The weather was gorgeous and we wound up playing at a nearby park. The girls had a lot of fun, so the day was not entirely wasted. We'll reschedule the museum for another day.... hopefully not a Monday. 

Dallas Museum of Art

Last weekend, we went to the Dallas Museum of Art. The museum was beautiful and we all enjoyed it - even the girls were not bored. 

This was Lizzy's favorite picture. Lizzy was completely shocked by all the nudity at the museum. She loudly whispered to me "Why did they paint all their privates?!?" I told her that artists feel the human body is beautiful, and they like to paint all of it. She replied "Well it's not. It's gross. They should put clothes on". This from our girl who hardly wore clothes the first five years of her life. 

While there, I did my summer class assignment - I had to choose two of my favorite pieces and critique them. I loved these beautiful carvings we found in the Indian room.

I loved the view outside - the juxtaposition of the old and new. 

As we walked up the stairs, the three of them plunked down and rested like that and I thought it was a cute pose.

Katie loved the temoporary JFK exhibit. He is her favorite president.

This mural was kind of weird, but loved the colors! 

Afterward, we went to the new Klyde Warren park in Dallas. It is a really cool park, built recently over the top of the highway. 

 They also have some pretty cool play structures.

We had planned to spend the evening there and enjoy a picnic from one of the food trucks, but we were chased away by a sudden thunderstorm. Hopefully we can go again some evening. It's only about a 20 minute drive from our house with no traffic, so we should really go to Dallas more often.