The Bunch Celebrate the Lack of Rain!

A chillin with the flamingos.

This has been a great week! It has not rained in about 4 days which is wonderful. Maybe one day soon the flooded highway will be passable again. We rushed out in the sunshine to enjoy the last few days of quiet before the children in public schools, who are released at the week's end, flood all the amusement areas. We decided the Ft Worth Zoo and Legoland were on the agenda for this week.
The first stop was the zoo. We had a great time, but we will stick to November from now on for our visits. It was very warm during our visit. The kids started complaining and acting up after just a couple of hours. We only stayed for about 3.5 hours before we had enough and left. This was the first trip to this zoo in about 2 years or so. We did enjoy the exhibits, and maybe just because we were so hot, we still liked the Dallas Zoo better. The Ft Worth by far has more animals and I love half priced Weds., but the Dallas just seems roomier and to have higher quality exhibits. It might also have to do with the fact my husband and I grew up only going to the Ft Worth zoo and there is no surprises in it for us anymore, oh , and did I mention it was really hot?! The zoo now has a water splash park area, but be forewarned that it is $5 extra pp and everyone, including "just watching" parents still have to pay to be admitted. I refused to pay $10 for my husband and I to sit in the scorching sun and melt while the kids played, so unfortunately for my kids we skipped this part, but it looked like fun, if you can forgive them for nickel and diming you.

My husband was on wagon duty pulling our stuff.

The metal had to be hot.

Looks like the rabbit.

The kids love to measure their distance.

Legoland, on the otherhand, was way more fun than we imagined. We spent almost as long there as we did the zoo the previous day. Legoland has fun interactive rides, a huge play structure, and T's favorite part, the water splash park. We had a really good time and the kids did not complain once about wanting to leave even though we were there through our regular lunch time. Every thing was indoors except the splash park so no one became over-heated and I did not have to constantly remind them to "drink your water".
It was a really good day.

The lego pictures were so cool!

Legos, the skyline is made of Legos!

Texas Stadium made of Legos!

The splash park was a huge hit with the younger two.

Always loves to get wet!

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