On Thursday, we picked up Claire and Will a little early from their summer fun program at Will's preschool and headed out of town. The drive was uneventful, and we made our usual stop at Spring Creek Barbecue for dinner on the way. When we were making our plans, we decided to stay in a somewhat central location since we planned to spend time in both Dallas and Fort Worth, and we chose the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. A lot of people had the same idea - it was packed that weekend. It was a good choice, though, for our stay - lots of places to walk around when the kids needed to burn off some energy, and they had some special events over the weekend, including a stilt man dressed up like Uncle Sam.
Friday morning we drove into Dallas to see the Perot Museum. It opened last year, and we had been looking forward to our visit. In addition to the regular museum exhibits, we chose to also see the special exhibit, "The World's Largest Dinosaurs", because as I've mentioned many times before, Will LOVES dinosaurs!
The highlight of the exhibit for Will was the Sports Run. You had your choice of 10 people/animals to race against, so Will got to race a T Rex. Definitely his favorite part of the day!
Claire enjoys any exhibit that is interactive (buttons to push, panels to raise, screens to touch), so she had a good time, too.
We had a hard time deciding on a place for lunch (so many options!), but finally settled on Twisted Root Burger. We all enjoyed our food, then headed back to the hotel to nap/rest before driving over to my friend Lindsay's house for her family's annual 4th of July party. It was so good to see her, and the kids had a blast with the water guns and the inflatable slide.
A full and fun day to start our mini-vacation!
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