A few days ago, we finally made it out to the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science. It’s a fancy new museum that opened in Dallas a couple of months ago, and we’ve been wanting to go for awhile…but the whole “everyone is sick all the time and we are never healthy enough to go anywhere in public” thing has kept us away.
That, and you have to buy tickets online and in advance because this place gets crazy busy and you know what I’m going to say about that, right?
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
So, having Papa and Gran in town inspired us to get out and do something awesome, and we decided a trip to the museum would be just that.
For a dinosaur-crazy kid, this was pretty much the Best Place EVER.
Jack has his dinosaur boots on. In his words, he’s “Ready for ACTION!”
Without a doubt, our favorite part of the day was getting to see the giant dinosaur skeletons.
This is a Texas T-Rex for ya…RAWR.
I don’t remember what kind of dinosaur this next one is, but it was big. And looked like it might have been cute and friendly-ish.
My favorite dinosaur at the Perot Museum.
Do you ever have those moments when you look at your child, and you see without a doubt one of that child’s parents (be it yourself or not) reflected in their little face? This was one of those moments…when I looked at Jack and thought, “Oh my goodness, he is *so* his father’s child.” This was probably made more apparent by the fact that he was sitting on said father’s lap, but still.
Jack and Charles build at the Perot museum (not sure what they were building, but it was clearly Very Important!).
And then, there was me (sick) and Claire (sleepy). We had fun, too.
Claire in the Ergo…trying to decide if she should nap or yell at me to let her down (she chose the latter).
So, a fun time was had by all. If you’re local (or visiting Dallas) and want to read more about the logistics of visiting the museum, and what you can expect, I have a post about visiting the museum up on Today’s Mama (oh yes, there are logistical concerns you need to be concerned about!).
Now we will definitely have to come to Dallas to go there! My kids will love it! Where did you get those boots? Super cute!
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Amazon! I just searched for “Dinosaur Rain Boots” and found them that way!
You have to buy tickets in advance? It must be crazy busy! Looks like you had a great time even if you were under the weather
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Yeah, it just opened and it’s ridiculously busy! Even annual pass holders have to reserve their spots online. And we had to buy tickets for a certain time slot and couldn’t show up any earlier.
Awesome! The museum looks really fun – and i love the side sided carrier!
Sorry you have been sick. That’s what it’s like here – somebody is always coughing. It’s starting to get annoying much.
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Hope you are all feeling well soon…it’s miserable, isn’t it??
My cousin just got married there. I really need to take my kids to the museum in Houston. Why do I kind of dread that?
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I had no idea they did weddings there! I bet it would be an awesome place for a wedding.
The museum is definitely a “only visit when both parents are available” kind of place.