I need a vacation from my weekend!! It was busy and filled with family fun. Friday night we went with my parents, nephews, and grandmother to eat dinner at Steak N Shake. It is one of our favorite burger joints. K seemed to like it too, especially the shake part!! Afterwards, my parents and nephews came over for a Tut-orial. We were going to see the King Tut exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art. You may not be aware but I am a complete nut about ancient Egypt and King Tut in particular. I got out some of my Tut books and told them some facts about Tut and the discovery of his tomb. It was so nice to be my inner geek!! We went to the exhibit early Saturday morning. It was FREEZING in downtown Dallas!! The wind was really. It took forever to get the money machine to take our bills for the parking lot we found. We hurried to get inside. Here's a tip for those of you who might be making your way down to the exhibit: Get your tickets on-line and get the earliest time slot. The later you go, the longer the line. We were able to walk right into the first room with no wait. By the time we left, there was line waiting outside the first room and into a tent outside!! C and I had seen the exhibit before. He took my to Chicago one summer and we went to the Field Museum to see this same exhibit. We really wanted to take K so that he can get used to being in a museum. Unfortunately, he got a little scared since some of the rooms were darkly lit. He is not afraid of the dark but we think the objects glowing from the light kinda scared him. Also, he couldn't see all of us so that kinda scared him too. C took him to the last room to wait for us. That worked good since it was a large room without exhibits. Plus, people hadn't made their way their yet so he could be loud without interfering with someone's museum experience. I walked with my Dad and pointed things out to him. About halfway through, C came and took over while I went and waited with my mom and nephews in the gift shop. K had a great time looking at all the goodies!! When we saw it in Chicago, we got our names printed out in hieroglyphics. We went and made K a print out too. He had fun trying on the Pharaoh hats - so funny!!
After we got done with gift shop, we set out to leave the museum. On the way out, there was a really cool exhibit. I have no idea what the point was. It was very out of the box art. On piece was a large circular fan that was suspended from the ceiling by a bungee cord. The fan was on and was just moving all around the room. The boys thought it was so cool. We then went through this tunnel. The sides of the tunnel were paneled with iridescent sheets and there such a beautiful purple and royal blue color. As you progressed down the tunnel, things began to change color. The tunnel ended in a room that was lit with yellow-orange lights. It made everything look black and white! The boys were thoroughly impressed!! K kept running out of the room and back through the tunnel!!
For lunch, we headed over to Knox-Henderson. There was a hot dog place we have always wanted to try and knew it was just THE place to take our family. It was a hit! One nephew ate two hot dogs!! It is called "Wild About Harry's" What we really liked was that the kid's meal came with a dog, drink, chips or fries, AND a kid's cup of custard with sprinkles!! K was in heaven!! We also tried their custard and it was so yummy!! I got chocolate-peppermint shake - oh so good!! They also have Thin Mint Blast custard and it was fantastic!! After our meal, we walked down to Froggies. It is a great toy store and everyone had fun playing with the toys. We had been in earlier that week and saw some big, plastic, magnetic letters. After getting home and talking, we decided that K needed those for the easel he got for Christmas. It came with these little foam letters that are way too small. After Froggies, we walked over to PBK to get K a toddler pillow. They had them for only $10!! But they did not have any pillow cases for that size. The gal suggested that I just go get a standard pillow case and cut it in half and sew the edges. It has been a long time since I sewed but I have been feeling the need to be creative so I asked my mom if I could borrow her sewing machine. Luckily, it was easy to get to in their garage! After PBK, we headed home. K slept in the car on the way home and for a bit after we got home. After nap, it was time for the boys to get their haircuts. It seems like every haircut ages K. When then headed out to Cedar Hill to pick up dinner for the family and go by Jo Ann's to get fabric. I was able to find some fabric on sale to practice with and some with baseballs on it to go with his new room. We are moving him into the other bedroom and decorating his room with a baseball theme. We stopped by Papa Murhpy's for pizza and then (finally) headed home. The family came over for dinner and games. We taught the boys a new card game that we learned from Kristen and Chris called Up and Down the River. At first, the boys were not into it but by the end of the game, they were hooked!!
Sunday was church. Since we are not teaching our Sunday School class, we decided to go to the Gracepoint service. We really enjoyed it since they play modern Christian music and we know the words!! It was also fun to sit with our friends and, of course, to let Luke "get" C's hand!! church, we headed out to Target and Home Depot and then out to my BIL's house in Midlothian for a birthday lunch for my nephew. We really like sharing birthdays at someone's house rather than at a restaurant. The kids can run around and be loud and it's OK!! It is so fun to watch K with his older nephews. He seems to have no idea that he is younger than they are!! Afterwards, we headed home. K slept in the car but would not sleep more when we got home. My mom and nephews came over. The boys wanted to play the card game and Momma came to help me sew the pillowcases. After much trial and error, my stitches looked like actual sewing!! I got one case made - yippee!! Since it came to be that the boys were going to be staying at my parent's that night, we decided to keep on playing cards and would eat dinner together. I tried the Bacon Cheeseburger roll-up and it was a hit! Dad came over after work. He brought some potato salad from Red, Hot, and Blue. It is the best!! We then played cards and had a lot of fun. I think my sides are sore today from all the laughing we did!!
So, as you can tell, it was a super busy weekend but filled with lots of memories. When's naptime for me??
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