A STAY-cation part 1

So we bought a house this summer--big expense! Therefore rather than go on a vacation, we decided to convince Dad to take some time off from work and do things locally instead. This also was nice because our kids were then sleeping in their own beds every night and we could cook food at home that we knew they would eat, etc...

So last week we had a BUNCH of fun things we did.

Tuesday the DMA! The first Tuesday of every month the Dallas Museum of Art is FREE!! We've never been with the kids and decided to go! Don't know that I'd go again, but it was fun. We got there right when it opened, looked around a bit--kids asked LOTS of questions about what they were seeing--nudity, violence, etc. Then we geared them to a WONDERFUL story time with a very talented lady who told stories and did a readers theatre about DRAGONS. Then onto a pretty lame craft of coloring a star.
While they were coloring with markers (not a Lindsey friendly thing) we found this wall full of textures that was touch and feel (way more Lindsey friendly). Then we found these cool chairs that are made by gluing a bunch of cardboard boxes together and cutting them on their sides. Pretty cool idea....
The kids area was a bit more interactive and cool but after those two things, the museum was getting pretty crowded and overwhelming. So we decided to head to FREEBIRDS for lunch (which we hit right at lunchtime and it took WAY to long) then we dropped Dad back off at work. It was overall okay.

Then the next day our COUSINS came! Shelly and Kaitlyn are weeks apart in age and great buddies. Aunt Laura made them matching pajamas for Christmas and they thought it was so fun to dress alike!!