Dallas

Sunday morning we left for a few days of vacation in Dallas.  This was Liam's first road trip and he did great!  On the drive out we stopped at a yummy BBQ place that both David and I had spotted on other trips.  Once in Dallas we headed to the Children's Museum at the Nature and Science Museum.  The kids had a great time playing farm, house and everything else!  Anderson also got his first tattoo-a hammerhead shark and he was so proud of it!  We then checked into the hotel where Liam gave us his first "real" smiles!  We ate dinner at Mia's, a wonderful Mexican place that David found for us!  Monday we spent the day at the Dallas Zoo.  The kids fed the Koi, Anderson petted the goats and was licked by a giraffe!  Callie, however, enjoyed the animals from a safer distance and often in Grandma's arms.  After naps we played in the outdoor pool, where Callie admired two older girls-she even had to lay out on her towel like one of the girls!  We at dinner at Bellini's Italian Restaurant, another place David found for us!  We walked in to find tablecloths and candles on the tables and a very quiet atmosphere but we stayed anyways and the kids did great!  Tuesday we played at a playground and stopped by the Farmer's Market.  For lunch we tried two places (rejecting them due to one only having high tops and the other had a wait that was too long) before eating at The Free Man-it was good but yes, this was the kids first experience eating in a bar bar-at least it was 12:30 pm and not 12:30am;)