Food Trucks, Dinosaurs, and More!

July 2012

 

 In my last post, I talked about all kinds of fun things we did when Katy, Evan and Ben were visiting.  On one particular day, we took so many good pictures that I decided it needed its own post.  On Saturday, when Tommy wasn't working and we had a third set of hands, we got brave enough to pack everyone in one car and head over to Fort Worth for the day. 

 

Our first stop was the Fort Worth food truck park: 

It was a really cute little area with some big trees that provided a little shade on an otherwise sweltering day.  It even had a little permanent structure that sold beer, so Tommy was a happy guy. :)

Of course, we all went straight to the least healthy, but most delicious truck there, the grilled cheese truck:

Tommy got the half-healthy caprese grilled cheese and the boys had regular grilled cheese sandwiches.  Katy and I, on the other hand, went all the way and got the grilled cheese with barbequed pulled pork and macaroni and cheese - probably a hear attack on a plate, but delicious nonetheless! 

Cute photo of the three of us while Livi slept in her carseat: 

And she finally work up.  Sweet girl - I love how big her eyes are! 

After lunch, we headed to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.  The temporary exhibit was "Grossology," all about the gross goings-on in the human body - we figured it would be perfect for a group of little boys.  The got to slide through intestine slides and press buttons to make all kinds of bodily funtion noises - it was little boy heaven!

In addition to the temporary exhibit, there are always tons of fun things to do and see around the museum.  Here's Jack in the Texas cattle herding exhibit trying his hand at a little cattle roping:

All of the boys had to try their hands at hula-hooping:

And sit in a dinosaur paw print:

There was even an outdoor dinosaur dig area:

The boys spent a little time in the children's museum area.  I love this one of our three guys in front of the tubes of bubbly water.  Pressing the buttons made the bubbles flow faster and more frequently.

Jack and Ben also had fun building wooden tracks and racing cars on them.  We had to pull them away from this area when it was time to leave.

And Olivia did what she does best at this age - sleep the day away!  She's not quite big enough for her umbrella stroller yet, but really likes to face forward and watch the world when she's awake, so we rolled up a couple of blankets and propped her up.

Such a fun day!