Fun with Grandpa and Grandma!

Following such a great Thanksgiving meal, we had a few fun things planned while they visited. On Friday morning we relaxed in the morning and then headed over to the Perot Museum to see the Space Exhibit that recently opened. We haven't been to it yet, so we were really excited to check it out with Grandpa and Grandma. We figured the day after Thanksgiving would be a perfect day to go to the museum, but were surprised by how busy it was when we arrived. We started out by going to the 3D movie about space travel and the mission to Mars. It was well done and very interesting. From there, we headed into the museum and down to the area of the museum that has temporary exhibits. The exhibit was fascinating and very well done. It focused on how space travel works, how the International Space Station stays in orbit around the earth, what astronaut's eat, what it's like to live in space and how we'll get to Mars. In the middle of the exhibit was a International Space Station exhibit that rotated, so it felt like we were actually moving. It was crazy how the motion tricked our eyes to make us feel like we were actually moving instead of the space around us moving. While it rotated, a screen talked about all that the International Space Station does.

At the very end of the exhibit, the girls took turns manipulating a metal arm to pick up a small ball and drop it into a small bucket. They both did a great job! They posed for pictures as "astronauts" and played with a model International Space Station that had doll astronauts in it. One of the most interesting exhibits was what it felt like to try to grab blocks with your hand in a glove while on earth and the moon. It was incredibly different and so difficult to grab blocks on the moon. There was also an exhibit of peanut butter jars from each planet and how much they weighed on each. So, the peanut butter jar was light on the moon but very heavy on Jupiter. It explained that the gravitation pull of each planet is related to the planet's mass. It was great!

We left the exhibit and the girls played in the kid's play area for a while as we sat and relaxed. Sofia loves to organize all of the vegetables in the grocery area and makes sure that they are all in the right place. Olivia ran around the kid's play area and ended up giving us each a different colored daisy. Olivia also loves going into the Dallas city scape and playing there too. Sofia had all the vegetables organized and we headed out to go home. The girls played on the big frogs, which actually light up at night. We've never been to the museum that late, so we've never seen the frogs lit up. It's really cool. After the girls were done playing, we headed toward home and decided to eat...

At the Perot Museum

In the International Space Station!

Our little astronauts!

Sofia

Olivia

Operating a mechanical arm and picking up a metal ball

CK and me with the Dallas skyline in the background

The Perot frogs!

The girls are ready to make a wish!

Sofia's friend Isabella performing in The Nutcracker

Nearing the Grand Finale!

Isabella and the girls at the end of the show

Grandma and the girls practicing their ballet moves

Black Walnut with Grandma

The four of us