Amazingly, Brye and I, along with Bexley, took a weekend vacation to Fossil Rim Wildlife Park in Glen Rose, TX. The three of us have not been alone like that in, well, ever. So we started off Saturday morning and dropped Marley off at the vets for boarding. This was the first time we boarded her and it kind of made me sad. We then ventured down 75 looking for a McDonald's. I just knew there was one on 75 and Spring Valley, but when we got closer it was actually 75 and Beltline which is one exit before Spring Valley and we just missed it. The GPS on Brye's Blackberry said there was another one at Mid Park. Well, that was in the shut down Super Wal-Mart. I knew for a solid fact there was another McDonald's at 75 and Royal Ln. So we get there and order our food and coffee. At this McDonald's you order from one window, pay at another and get your food at another. So we order, we pay, and when we get our coffee, Brye asks for Splenda. The lady at the window, who had on the "manager's" uniform said something like, "did you ask for it at the window". We were a bit confused and said no, we didn't know we had to. She left the window, came back and very harshly informed us we were to ask for it at the previous window. Since when did getting two packages of Splenda become such a burden for the drive through window operator? We were so upset and angry at her for about 10 minutes, then all the sudden busted out laughing about it. I'm still a little confused when I think about it. Next time I go to any fast food place, I'm sure to ask for my condiments BEFORE I get to the food window.
Not even halfway through Bex said, "I wanna go home and watch Barbagins". That's his word for Backyardigans. He was acting tired and we were bored and Bex was too young to dig for fossils, so we decided not to do the Dinosaur Valley State Park. There, you can see real dinosaur footprints and camp, etc. Maybe when he's older.
About 10 minutes after we left, Bexley who was already fast asleep already, began to throw up in the car. None of us had experienced this before. Of course, it frightened him to a screaming tantrum and Brye and I didn't really know what to do. We stripped him down to his diaper on the side of the road and my wonderful husband for some reason had a roll of shop towels under his seat of the truck. We cleaned the carseat as well as we could and put a blanket in it for Bex to sit on. Needless to say we had to smell it the whole way home. Bexley was fine the rest of the way, never went back to sleep and was singing songs by the time we got home. I however, felt like poop when we got home; psychological I think. We had a great weekend and I can't wait to do more of these great things with my boys.
From there we headed to Glen Rose, TX, to the Fossil Rim Wildlife Park. It was amazing. I was concerned that we'd pay our money and the animals wouldn't be there. It happens at the zoo all the time. I couldn't have been more wrong. The animals basically charge at you as you can see in the pictures below. It was so much fun. Bexley wasn't even scared. We got to see multiple deer, giraffes, zebras, and the oh so mean ostrich's. I actually got a scratch on my hand from an ostrich pluck. We stopped halfway for a bite to eat and continued on. I would recommend this to anyone with kids. It's an easy day trip from the DFW area, although we stayed the night in Glen Rose to experience Dino Land the next day.
We were a little disappointed in Dino Land, but mainly because Bexley was too little to really appreciate and enjoy it. He was more afraid of these fake, although realistic dinosaurs, than the real life moving animals.
Not even halfway through Bex said, "I wanna go home and watch Barbagins". That's his word for Backyardigans. He was acting tired and we were bored and Bex was too young to dig for fossils, so we decided not to do the Dinosaur Valley State Park. There, you can see real dinosaur footprints and camp, etc. Maybe when he's older.
About 10 minutes after we left, Bexley who was already fast asleep already, began to throw up in the car. None of us had experienced this before. Of course, it frightened him to a screaming tantrum and Brye and I didn't really know what to do. We stripped him down to his diaper on the side of the road and my wonderful husband for some reason had a roll of shop towels under his seat of the truck. We cleaned the carseat as well as we could and put a blanket in it for Bex to sit on. Needless to say we had to smell it the whole way home. Bexley was fine the rest of the way, never went back to sleep and was singing songs by the time we got home. I however, felt like poop when we got home; psychological I think. We had a great weekend and I can't wait to do more of these great things with my boys.
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