Dino Daze and Family Fun *Free* Day!

 

Well, it feels like book report week here! This week we also read “Finding the First T. Rex”. It was a much shorter chapter book about…well, obviously. It was filled with facts and Aaron and I had another great time reading another great book. So, on to the field trip…

This isn’t where we went, but this is a building in downtown Austin that Aaron has claimed as “his building”. We’ll have to figure out what it is and maybe do another field trip there someday. Now onto the real field trip…

We went to the Texas Natural Science Center on the campus of the University of Texas. Four floors of old stuff from Texas. Entry fee…$0! There is even free street parking right outside the museum on the weekends. Here is a Pterosaur found in Texas and Aaron claiming that he doesn’t like to get his picture taken.

And here is Mommy next to a T. Rex skull and Aaron still not wanting his picture taken, but mommy holding him against his will…you know…to preserve the wonderful memory forever. But, really, he did want to be there!

Some more Texas animals on another floor. And, daddy!

Ahhh….that’s better! Nothing like sitting on a replica dinosaur vertebrae to brighten your day!

After the museum we headed back South to the Austin Science and Nature Center for a picnic and to let the kiddos run. Entry fee…$0!

Lunchtime!

Exploring inside the museum.

My little paleontologist digging for dinosaur bones in the Dino Pit.

And my even littler paleontologists.

And here is Aaron learning a valuable lesson that algae grows in slow moving water and is slippery. This is what I love about boys. When I was little I would have come up screaming and crying, Aaron just says “Can I go swimming now?”

We had a great family fun day, and did I mention it was all *free*!! And, one of the best moments was a nice quiet ride back to Kyle. Even though Aaron is completely faking sleeping here, he was tired out from all the fun.

But this tuckered out picture is completely genuine!