Dinosaur valley

Saturday we went on an adventure to find dinosaur footprint fossils. But first we went to a children's show at a theatre in Cleburne that my relatives are involved with. It was pretty cute.

Then we headed down to Dinosaur Valley and checked out the large dinosaur statues first. Next we had some fun in the gift shop and then finally went to start looking at the footprint fossils.

Ummm, did someone forget to find out that swimsuits were basically required? Yeah, that would be me. First fossil location required crossing a river on slippery rocks to get to the site. We made it across but on the way back, L slipped into the river and got soaked. Yeesh.

This photo is the best I have of the fossils, most of which were underwater. They were neat, though not as exciting as a dinosaur bone dig site would be apparently. Unfortunately, I had not made that distinction clear before we got to the park and L was a bit disappointed. Something to aim for I guess!

Large Fish!

We went to the Dallas World Aquarium last week. I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun it was and how different it was from what I expected in an aquarium and decided to get a membership because I can easily see us going at least once a month if not more.

While it wasn't as hands on as the Thanksgiving Point Museum of Ancient Life we went to a lot in Utah, it is very amenable to two boys running around pointing at all their favorite things and finding new favorites.

All the display info is on touch screen computers which is a bonus for two boys who love to play with technology. The first picture is of the boys checking out a giant fish in one of the large window displays. The second picture is while we were in the shark & stingray tunnel o'fun, which was one of their favorite places. Third comes the flamingos and fourth is watching the penguins get their dinner.

As may be evident by the last two pictures, the aquarium has lots of bugs & other interesting critters in addition to fish of all types, so it is a fun place to visit. I was really happy that noise levels weren't a problem, and that it was such a child friendly environment.

You may notice that the boys faces aren't in any of these shots - it was nearly impossible to distract them from the creatures to take a photo. What can I say? We had a great time!