I know, I know, it's been awhile... again. I'm not so good at this lately, I don't know why. We've been busy though, so it may take a few entries to let everyone know what we've been up to.
The weekend before last, Jason and I went to visit my aunt and uncle in the big metropolis of Magnolia, TX. They are big enough now to have two 5A schools, big times :) We visit almost every fall, usually to go to the Renfest. This year we wanted to try something different and ventured into downtown Houston to do the tourist thing and visited the Natural Science Museum and the Houston Zoo. Lesson learned: don't try and do both in the same day, you miss things.
The Science Museum is pretty cool. They have a great butterfly garden, a bunch of dinosaur skeletons and lots of other great things. My favorite part was the rock/mineral and gem exhibit. The large samples of rocks and minerals are set up beautifully in glass cases around the room. As you meander through the cases you come to the best part, the vault. In here are some gorgeous gems, singular and set in jewelry. That exhibit really made the trip. Don't worry, I was sure to point out to Jason which ones he's getting me for Christmas.
BUT if you ever go to the museum, I have to warn you against using the elevators. On our way from the first to the third floor, I got stuck in an elevator for the first time in my life. Not fun. Luckily it only last about a minute or two and we had good cell reception, so if it had lasted longer, I would have been calling.
The zoo is fabulous. I haven't been to the Houston Zoo since I was a kid, and they have done a great job reinventing the place. At that time the zoo was free to get into, so they didn't have a lot to make the place habitable for the animals. I remember it being one cage after another along the sidewalk. So much better now, and they are still working on it. The monkeys have quite the set up in the trees. You enter onto a bridge that takes you from one type of monkey to the next. My favorite was the giraffe, who was reaching over the fence and snacking on the landscaping in front of the cage.
We were there as they were closing and on our way out we past them setting up a dance floor and tables near a beautiful reflecting pond. Apparently you can get married at the zoo! How cool is that. I can just imagine saying 'I do' and then a lion roars in the distance. haha
I was so tired, I slept most of the way back to the house. The next day we did a little shopping in The Woodlands before driving home to Kyle. It gets dark so early now, it was night before we even started back. Luckily for me I had the next two days off :) well, one day off and then Veterans Day...I love bank holidays.
And thanks to our wonderful friends for taking care of our kids while we were gone!
The weekend before last, Jason and I went to visit my aunt and uncle in the big metropolis of Magnolia, TX. They are big enough now to have two 5A schools, big times :) We visit almost every fall, usually to go to the Renfest. This year we wanted to try something different and ventured into downtown Houston to do the tourist thing and visited the Natural Science Museum and the Houston Zoo. Lesson learned: don't try and do both in the same day, you miss things.
The Science Museum is pretty cool. They have a great butterfly garden, a bunch of dinosaur skeletons and lots of other great things. My favorite part was the rock/mineral and gem exhibit. The large samples of rocks and minerals are set up beautifully in glass cases around the room. As you meander through the cases you come to the best part, the vault. In here are some gorgeous gems, singular and set in jewelry. That exhibit really made the trip. Don't worry, I was sure to point out to Jason which ones he's getting me for Christmas.
BUT if you ever go to the museum, I have to warn you against using the elevators. On our way from the first to the third floor, I got stuck in an elevator for the first time in my life. Not fun. Luckily it only last about a minute or two and we had good cell reception, so if it had lasted longer, I would have been calling.
The zoo is fabulous. I haven't been to the Houston Zoo since I was a kid, and they have done a great job reinventing the place. At that time the zoo was free to get into, so they didn't have a lot to make the place habitable for the animals. I remember it being one cage after another along the sidewalk. So much better now, and they are still working on it. The monkeys have quite the set up in the trees. You enter onto a bridge that takes you from one type of monkey to the next. My favorite was the giraffe, who was reaching over the fence and snacking on the landscaping in front of the cage.
We were there as they were closing and on our way out we past them setting up a dance floor and tables near a beautiful reflecting pond. Apparently you can get married at the zoo! How cool is that. I can just imagine saying 'I do' and then a lion roars in the distance. haha
I was so tired, I slept most of the way back to the house. The next day we did a little shopping in The Woodlands before driving home to Kyle. It gets dark so early now, it was night before we even started back. Luckily for me I had the next two days off :) well, one day off and then Veterans Day...I love bank holidays.
And thanks to our wonderful friends for taking care of our kids while we were gone!
Butterfly landed on Jason's head!!
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us." - Henry David Thoreau
