Texas, Part 1 (Houston sights)

OK.  Here it goes.  I'm going to break our trip up into multiple posts, since it was nearly 2 weeks of photos and events.  (I can do this, I can do this...)  First, the plane ride there was horrible!  Mostly because we drove down to Salt Lake City, where they were having a blizzard and half of the flights were cancelled.  Ours was still a go, but we sat on the plane for 1.5 hours before leaving the gate, so we were about out of tricks and snacks by the time we were airborne, and it was nearly impossible to contain an 18-month old in one seat for 4 hours.  I think both kids loved the idea of the airport and airplane though.

The kids were excited to be staying with Uncky Dan and Aunt Jenn!  The next day we took it easy at the neighborhood playground, and Owen really enjoyed wearing his shorts and flip flops again.  :)  You can see that he actually just ran around sans shoes since there was so much sand.  Quite a change from our blizzard experience the day before!

That night we headed downtown to see the Houston Zoo Lights.  It was ridiculously humid and warm.  We were all sweaty!  In December!  The zoo looked nice, but most of the animals were asleep or in their dens out of sight, and there were a zillion people there.  Not worth the price of admission, IMHO.

The following day we headed to the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences.  They have a fabulous new dinosaur exhibit!  I think Owen really enjoyed it, since he's learned a lot about dinosaurs from his favorite show, Dinosaur Train.

We also checked out the butterfly center.  (Yes, Hadley sat on some leftover food in her car seat, which gave her a red stain on her white pants!)  Anyway, the butterflies were really cool!

And then we headed to Fung's Kitchen for some dim sum.  Yum!  Owen is a maniac about dumplings, and only dumplings.

Whew, I think that's enough for now.  More soon!