Neal had a long first half of his work year without any vacation days to speak of and as we started planning for a vacation, it looked like that wasn't going to happen until August, so we decided to do a little Staycation to give us all a taste of summer life.
Our first big activity was going to Clyde Warren Park and the Perot Museum.
The girls did lots of climbing at Clyde Warren - such a fun little park!
Then we had a yummy lunch at a little cafe in the park. It was hot outside, but we still enjoyed the food before walking over to the Perot.
This was our first trip to the Perot Museum and we loved it! The girls especially loved the exhibit where you could race different animals or sports stars and the place where they could practice a sports move and it would be videoed so you could watch it in slow-mo! Meredith did her Volleyball serve and Jillian showed off her cartwheel! We also got to see an iMax movie about Monarch butterflies that was so fascinating! I loved it!
Meredith can always have fun with a little art, too!
Jillian got into shopping at the Farmer's Market.
Such concentration in the music room.
Meredith and Daddy worked on building a little robot after doing a science experiment - these were probably Meredith's two favorite things at the Perot!
Our next fun Staycation day was a trip to see How to Train Your Dragon 2 and a yummy Tex Mex lunch
My girls and their accessories this week! Meredith had a hat on everyday and Jillian insisted on wearing her charm bracelet and a sweat band!
Next up was a trip to Lone Star Park to watch the horses race. We would all go out and watch the horses get ready and pick our favorites. Neal put a dollar or two on each of our picks and then we'd cheer them on! Neal did really well on his picks and I think we ended up coming out just about even at the end.
Waiting for the next race!
On Friday, we closed out the week with a trip to the ice rink. We had tried out skating the weekend before at Anna's birthday party and we all did much better on those skates, but we still had fun!
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