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Perot Museum of Nature and Science Dallas

Family Fun Day: Perot Museum of Nature & Science

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As I mentioned in my Mother’s Day post, we headed to Dallas to check out the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science.

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I wanted to share some of the photos from the trip with Lennox. To be a kid again and to use your imagination so much; at times, I’m so jealous of her!

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Lennox pretending to be a “fireman”. Don’t tell her she really is a road construction worker! perot-museum-05

Doing some grocery shopping at the “farmers market” where she could pick out some great fruit and veggies, pay for them, sort them and bag them up! perot-museum-04

Watching snakes with daddy and asking LOTS of questions!

perot-museum-03 Learning all about locks and how they work with the Great Lakes! Hey, maybe even I learned something ;-)

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And check out her reaction here while Kyle was racing Felix Jones in the sports exhibit. Kyle lost by .01 second, that’s pretty good! Lennox was cheering her on and so proud of her daddy!
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Lennox and I racing a T-Rex. They may be big and move slowly but they have HUGE steps so we had no chance in beating it! But Lennox could pretend to be a dinosaur, nevertheless!

Perot Museum Racing

 

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Great Family Weekend!

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Mother’s Day weekend has come and gone, and I have to say, it was one of the best family weekends we have had lately. It was full of 100% great quality family time! Which, I think came at just the right time. Next week Lennox and I will be traveling up to Cape Cod, then I may be going to London for a week or a few for work, then Lennox will be 3 and then I’ll be going to Chicago for BlogHer, so there is just a lot going on soon – so some quality time together was just what we needed!

At school we had a Mother’s Day breakfast, which of course she always loves when I go to school with her:

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Friday night we went shopping for some new goodies at the outlet mall and Lennox got to ride the carousel, which was pretty much the highlight of her day!

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The highlight of my night, other than being together with everyone? New coach purse for Mother’s Day from Kyle!

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Saturday morning we had gymnastics and then did some errands and had lunch out. Simple enough, but still fun! Lennox is really enjoying gymnastics – she is really good at the balance beam (the ones a little lower to the ground she will do without any help) and is learning how to do a back flip on one of them!

Little Gym Gymnastics Balance Beam We also spent the afternoon/evening outside in the BEAUTIFUL weather (Sunny, 80*, with a little breeze).  We worked on Lennox’s gift for mother’s day. Kyle had gotten all the supplies for us to make a flowerpot together. Can’t wait to plant some flowers in them this week with Lennox!

Toddler Flower Pot

Then on Sunday, Mother’s Day, we headed out to Dallas, (after Lennox finally woke up at 930am!) which we rarely do. We finally made it to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science; it is an amazing new museum. We had such a great time and have so much more to see next time (thanks to the membership we got for Christmas from my sister!).

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Dinosaur at Perot Museum

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Racing at the Perot Museum against Dinosaurs!

After the museum we took a walk for a few blocks and ended up at the brand new Klyde Warren Park. I had seen the park on TV when it first opened and it looks pretty awesome. Lennox loved watching all the people and puppies! We were able to get some yummy food truck food and then of course, play in the big fountains. That probably was the highlight of her day ;-)

Lennox in the Fountains at Klyde Warren Park

Klyde Warren Fountains So to sum up the weekend… after a rambling explanation (sorry!) – it was full of fun with Lennox & Kyle and moments like this make my heart full and complete!

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 I hope everyone else had a great mother’s day!

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On Sunday, Lennox and I headed out to Grapevine, TX – One of my favorite cities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. We met up with my nephew Henry and Sister-in-Law Mandy. Why where we together? To go see Thomas the Train of course!

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When I received 4 tickets to the event, I knew I had bring Henry. He is the biggest train lover I know! Lennox likes Thomas, but Henry REALLY likes Thomas the Train!

A Day out with Thomas took place at the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, the same place we went for the North Pole Express (Polar Express) during Christmastime. Our tickets included a train ride (we sat in what would be Annie), we met Sir Topham Hat, attended storytime/video viewing of Thomas the Train, and did a scavenger hunt to win a prize at the end of the visit from Thomas. You could also wait and have your picture taken with Thomas, but by the time it got to that line, it was just too long and too hot to wait (it was almost 90* outside and we had two sleepy toddlers).

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Sir Topham Hat - Thomas the Train

The kids loved the train ride, as I knew they would. The train ride it self doesn’t have that much involvement with Thomas. They do play some music from the show, pass out passenger certificate, etc but it mostly is just to enjoy the ride. It was a great day outside, weather wise, so all the windows were open and the kids put their hands and heads (!) out the window and let the wind blow in their hair. Their excitement fed off of each other, and they really had a great time giggling all the way.

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A Day out with Thomas is a fun event for anyone who has a kiddo into trains and Thomas! The event here in Grapevine will be going on through April 21st but you can catch up with Thomas and Friends throughout the nation on the Day out with Thomas 2013 Tour!

Disclaimer: I was not compensated for this post but did receive tickets in return for this post. All photos and opinions are 100% my own.