We spent a few days doing family things around Houston. We started with the zoo. Madeline loved it, especially the children's park. Here she and John are in the bat caves.
Looking at seals.
Checking out the goat. The goats were SO friendly and not pushy!
Grooming "her" goat. There were lots of them. I don't know what made this one special.
Our trip to the Children's Museum got cancelled because she got a cold so we went to Chucky Cheese instead. Good decision because my normally fearless child felt so bad she didn't enjoy much and was not in the mood to try new things. (I didn't realize how pitiful she was until we were already there and trying to entertain her.) She did like riding the horsey on the carosel.
Hitting things with Daddy was fun. John really enjoyed the games and would have played more if we didn't need to take her home.
The next day she felt much better so we decided to again stay near home and go to the YMCA kids water area. Great decision! She loved it! Toward the end she kept dunking herself and scaring the lifegards so we thought it would be best to leave. (remember, she's fearless! no, she doesn't know how to swim but is surprisingly good at holding her breath when she dunks. and, no, we do not encourage her dunking, it makes me very nervous.)
Here she is running through the spray thingy.
Playing with the little fountains. I wasn't able to take many pictures at the pool because it took both of us watching her in the water. She just takes off towards whatever looks interesting! Thanks J and P for letting us use your passes!
Looking at seals.
Checking out the goat. The goats were SO friendly and not pushy!
Grooming "her" goat. There were lots of them. I don't know what made this one special.
Our trip to the Children's Museum got cancelled because she got a cold so we went to Chucky Cheese instead. Good decision because my normally fearless child felt so bad she didn't enjoy much and was not in the mood to try new things. (I didn't realize how pitiful she was until we were already there and trying to entertain her.) She did like riding the horsey on the carosel. 
Hitting things with Daddy was fun. John really enjoyed the games and would have played more if we didn't need to take her home.
The next day she felt much better so we decided to again stay near home and go to the YMCA kids water area. Great decision! She loved it! Toward the end she kept dunking herself and scaring the lifegards so we thought it would be best to leave. (remember, she's fearless! no, she doesn't know how to swim but is surprisingly good at holding her breath when she dunks. and, no, we do not encourage her dunking, it makes me very nervous.)Here she is running through the spray thingy.
Playing with the little fountains. I wasn't able to take many pictures at the pool because it took both of us watching her in the water. She just takes off towards whatever looks interesting! Thanks J and P for letting us use your passes!
We had a great weekend spending family time together - no house projects, no shopping, just 100% together time. It's the kind of thing that's hard to schedule but so worth it!
