Houston zoo

I'm still trying to finish up my Houston posts, only one more after this! The day that we went to the Houston Zoo it was 100 degrees. We got there fairly early but it was already sweltering, so we quickly saw some animals (the indoor air-conditioned ones were the best) and we saw the special dinosaur exhibit that they had going on (Jamie LOVED this as he has been watching dinosaur train lately on PBS). After the zoo we ate at a "cool" restaurant nearby that sold sliders and fries and milkshakes, yum! I took the 3 older kids on the mini train that goes around the park, then we headed for some more air-conditioned goodness at the Galleria mall (think Bellevue Square only bigger!), which is where we did the build-a-bear workshop. It was a fun day but we were all pooped afterward and ordered pizza to go on the way home, from Double Dave's which has the BEST dessert pizza!

For more pictures from this day, see my sister's blog here.


so hot!!







It's a tradition for us to get a souvenir penny at the zoo: