A Special Day with Daddy

Jason took some vacation time so he could be here when his parents came to visit and so he could have some special time with the kids(and me). So we took a day last week and had a day out with Daddy and did some special stuff with the kids. We went down to Fair Park and did a self guided tour of the Museum of the American Railroad. It's a collection of steam and early diesel era trains in the US. Henry was sooo excited!!! Emma was pretty excited about it too. It's one thing to look at play choo-choos and something totally different to see the real thing up close and be able to touch it.We spent a good two hours looking and then bought an engine for each of them. After the trains we headed for the aquarium. There is a small collection at the aquarium so we decided to check it out. Emma really enjoyed it and was pointing out the fish and plant life in the tanks. Henry wanted to go either outside or back to his trains. Once we finished there we went outside again for a walk and found The Old Mill Inn Restuarant and decided to have lunch there. This place has been there since 1936. The service was great and the food was pretty good too. They serve a full menu and had some items that sounded really good, but we decided on burgers for the big kids and split a hot dog and a grilled cheese sandwich and fries between the kids. Our last stop of the day was at the Texas Discovery Gardens which are also located inside Fair Park. This one was another self guided tour so we could take our time. The kids enjoyed being outside and Jason and I enjoyed the scenery. It's late in the season so not everything was in bloom, but we did see some color. It was a good day. We all had a great time. I'm including some pictures too many to post and if you haven't been able to tell based on my recent posts; we've taken loads of pictures the last few weeks! So I hope you can stand a few more! And get this-you even get to see me a couple of times:)