The
Houston Museum of Natural Science is free on Thursdays from 2-5 p.m. Let me tell you that is not enough time to explore the place because there is a ton to see and do. They are giving you a preview so you will buy a membership and you probably should. This town is KID-FRIENDLY, people ... one of the most kid-friendly towns I have ever been in ... and I did not expect a museum like this to be so hands-on for children, which was WONDERFUL!
So here is our day in pics. I like to try to do one new thing every day while we are here, even if that just means eating at a place we don't have in Kansas City, meeting someone new, going somewhere new.
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Sometimes we end the day with swimming and sometimes we start it that way. Today the kids hit the pool before we went to the museum. |
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Then we hit the highway and made it downtown to meet up with my new writer friend, Jill Morgenstern.
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My friend Jon called these "mesmerizing" ... and they are. The kids just sat and watched the pendulum swing back and forth until eventually it would knock down a dealy-jobber. |
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Some gorgeous gems in an exhibit |
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My Mommy crown |
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Sam's brother |
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We need this at our house ... helps understand the Periodic Table of the Elements way better than I ever learned it in school! |
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The geovator. You get inside and pretend to go down into the earth where they drill oil and learn all about the process. |
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Too late to go on that cool grassy trail hill but I got a pic in front of it. They were tired and ready for the trek home on the 45 South. |
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I got all adventurous on the way home and wanted to try out the Sam Houston, or the Beltway or the 8. Every highway has like 76 names here. I paid a whole lot of money to drive on it but we got to go over a huge bridge and come back over it. |
And here ends another lovely day in paradise. For real this place is growing on me.
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