World Aquarium Round 2

We had this grand idea to take the kids to Dallas to visit Aunt Gretch and go to the World Aquarium...
This was also the kids first trip in Black Beauty (Julianna's car).

This may seem like not to big of a deal, but I had decided we were not taking a DVD player for the trip...so then the contemplation of entertainment for 6 hours in a car...all in the same day! DonMark and I had gone to the library in preparation for this journey. Also, we bought coloring books for them as well. I was ready with Pipe Cleaners, but was hoping to avoid that in case my creative brain was lacking. I am extremely OCD about my vehicle so I was a bit nervous about the car ride.

We started off a bit late, but that's ok..when has time stopped us from getting somewhere! Right off the bat Wyatt was asking if we were there already. Yeahhhhh.

I started off giving each a book for them to flip through and then I would read the one Wyatt was holding. Make them trade and then read the next one. It went perfect. I decided I needed a little break from reading so gave them coloring books...which ended in me sitting back with them helping Wyatt with his CARS book. :)

All three kids did great in the car!!! Haha I don't know who entertained who and who had the most fun with the library books. These were not just any random library books, these were carefully selected dinosaur books with some farms animals mixed in there for Taz.  

FINALLY DALLAS! We met Gretchen at the Aquarium. It was PACKED! We still were determined to make due and not miss a thing. Our goal was to make it to the crocodile feedings. (For DonMark)

Crocodile feeding fail. We were told at our first trip that they feed them whole chickens, this I had to see.  Turns out they just fed them fish and it was very uneventful. 

We walked around for a bit until the kids started getting hungry and realized we needed to take a break. We left and attempted In-and-Out...which didn't work. Settled on Chick-fil-a (the kids favorite!)

We attempted nap time, which ended up as goof off time. Then back to the Aquarium for more!

This trip was tons of fun!!! The best part was the kids faces when we would encounter a new animal. I think it was a long day for everyone, but well worth it.  Thanks to Gretch for providing the photography.  My favorite part of the trip came in the last 5 minutes. We were all ready to be home and could see the lights of Abilene from about 5 miles out. Wyatt just couldn't hold it any longer. So when in need find a tree....

It was tons of fun...so packed with people, but we had a good time and that is all that matters to us. We ate some dinner (at Jimmy Johns) then headed back. 

Yes, of course we stopped at a Jamba Juice on the way home. 

Our fuses were very short and the kids were all riled up, but that didn't stop us laughing hysterically with them and smiling all the way home.
Wyatt was being silly and singing songs...then all of a sudden sings 'And Emme got the base.' We started dying laughing.