Day 21 - July 16

The Houston Children's Museum was the main event upon arrival into the city from Louisiana. Thanks to the handy GPS we navigated out way straight there. It was BUSY! As it turns out, Target (department store) was sponsoring the day and everything was free - even the parking. Needless to say, the word got out and many people were there with their children.

We encountered a number of exhibits and some were meant for a smaller crowd. Things didn't all work as they should. There were a number of creative ways demonstrated to get kids to be fit and have a lot of fun while they were at it. I applaud them in "tricking" them into activity...but most of their ideas would even get me of the couch to try!

The area we spent the most amount of time on was the inventive section where you could build and manufacture your own creation and test it out. There were flying machine in wind tunnels, to lego racers, to electronics. But we loved the making of airplanes and rockets out of paper. Both had propulsion aides to give them an extra shove. James begged me to make him a rocket and it turned out to be the most successful flying one we saw for hours. Yes, we spent hours in there and were kicked out at closing time.

Supper was Mexican based on a suggestion from Micheal Chiasson. It was good, but the cold Corona and lime was the best for me...and the tacos! All in all, a very good day for arrival into Houston.