Sunday, we left the hotel and found our way to Cathy's place (Chris' sister). We'll be staying with her for a few days before we head down south to see my sister. In the afternoon, we loaded up the kids and headed down to the Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. The kids had a blast, as usual.
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| The Fab Four and the T-Rex |
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| Playing in the fossil dig area-Ruth helps Byron measure the bone |
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| Grace and David eagerly digging up something |
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| Byron buried the bone so he could dig it up again. |
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| Everyone digging up bones |
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| The picture is a little blurry, but that's actually dust settling from all the stones being shoveled. |
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| Here are the actual dinosaur fossils that the fossil dig bones were modeled after. |
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| Grace ponders just how genetically similar she is to the fruit fly |
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| Byron was fascinated by the vomiting demonstration |
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| Waiting for the big sneeze |
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| My Fab Four posing with the sign. It takes so little to thrill them. |
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| Byron caught in mid-leap |
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| Mugging for the camera...again. |
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| The gorgeous view from the Natural History building |
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| Working hard for that souvenir penny |
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| David was terrified of this alligator-he kept saying, "Take the picture...Did you take the picture?" |
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| Chris hanging out with Florence Bailey, Botonist |
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| David and the not a Dimetredon. I don't know what it is. Hopefully he does. |
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| From the Paleo Lab. This particular piece cracked me up. |
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| Even thought the lab was closed, David was thrilled to peek in and speculate on what they might be working on. |
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| What more can I say? |
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| "Look! It's a Chryolophosaurus!" David identified the skull before we had read the plaque. |
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| David had a lot to say about this Diplodocus leg bone |
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| Florescent rocks, some of the same kind that Granddad had sent to the kids last year. They loved this exhibit. |
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| There was a Bob the Builder room with lots of activities. Even though the kids were too old for most of it, they had so much fun in there. Here they try to get the sensor to go off on Bob. |
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| Never too old for Bob the Builder |
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| Gracie working the saw, safety goggles in place. |
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| Maybe she won't notice if I try to take over the saw? |
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| Safety first, Chris! Safety first!! |
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