Lovin' Love Shack!

After our trip to the museum today (read about it here), we hit up our favorite place to eat in Fort Worth. I was really bummed when I heard that the Love Shack we used to go to closed, but this between buildings location in the stockyards is brilliant!

It's funny how not very nice and messy make for such a cool place. The whole thing is outside, but thanks to our uncharacteristic August weather it was perfectly fine. They have lots of fans and misters blowing in this bottom part. There are multiple levels of seating that go up from there.

There's a stage on the other end so I'm guessing they have live music at night. The kids loved this wooden elephant.

Check out these flat and skinny fries. Next time you're in the stockyards take a walk by and grab a bag of fries. They are hands down THE BEST fries I've ever had. You walk up and order right by the street, so it would be very easy to make a quick stop. In addition to the fries, their burgers are awesome. Their specialty is a fried quail egg on their Dirty Burger. I'm a meat and cheese girl myself,

The kids split a milkshake. Sister, of course, got it all over her face.

She was quick to grab some napkins and wipe down. Such a big girl!

I felt like Sister was getting all the attention from the camera,

so I stopped to take some fun pics with Beemer. He was oh so cooperative as usual.
This was the best silly smile I got out of him.

It's ok, we had a little fun with it too.

Finally headed home. Well, after this guy gets out of our way!

Two free trips to the Museum!

This summer we participated in a few different summer reading programs at the local libraries. A friend of mine clued me in to all the great free stuff you can get by logging some hours. So 15 hours, and countless books later, we scored some free kids tickets to the Fort Worth Museum of Nature and Science.

In addition to a free tickets, they're running a coupon for 20% off membership so we spent a little extra and will going back for many more trips. I'm also really excited for the reciprocal benefits to museums in other cities. We are still contemplating a membership to the new Perot Museum that's opening in Dallas. It looks very cool, check it out here if you haven't heard about it yet.

Here are the highlights from our two trips!

We tend to start out in the "children's" area, though if you ask me the whole thing is really geared towards children. Sister really likes to stop and look at these snakes. I think she likes them because they don't make noise or quick movement. If it was bugs, she'd be running the other direction.

Sister latches on to the baby dolls in the medical section. She is very attached to her babies. I know the feeling. I didn't get any pictures of the outside water play, but both the kids love this section. Of all the children there, I have the two who think they can get IN the water exhibit and wind up soaking wet. I come prepared!

 

After a while we venture upstairs to the special exhibits. For just a little longer they're running the Grossology exhibit. It's very creative for all things gross. All the kids enjoyed this Digestive System playground. Both my kids were stuck in the rectum for a while! It's all about Gross, I warned you!

Daddy led the way today and laid on the bed of nails in the Risk Exhibit with Beemer. Sister wanted nothing to do with it. It makes noise. Noise is scary.

Both kids were feeling risky and walked the beam over the city multiple times. Thank goodness it sits on the ground!

Downstairs there's a great, interactive, exhibit where the kids have a lot of fun. There's a whole section devoted air and blowing things. These cylinders blow air from the bottom. Sister enjoyed throwing cups and coffee filters inside and watching them go up and come down.

We also experimented with making our own windmills. Ok, we mostly played with the great looking windmills that were made before us.

 By far, the favorite of the moms was this Light room (which is funny because it's all dark).  These Crayola Black Light mats are very cool, all the drawing is done with color. This would be a great birthday gift for a toddler near you!

 

They also had these clearish legos set up on light tables, they were a big hit.

The giant peg boards were really cool!

Check out my next post for our end of day wrap up at the Love Shack in the stockyards. I think this will be a regular stopping point for us on museum days!