today's main activity was educational. mom dragged me and dad off to the butterfly fest. it was pretty good actually. there were a bunch of kid activities set up. i tossed bean bags into a wooden frog's mouth. i got to blow some bubbles. there was a sack race too but i didn't want to do that. we walked around and looked at all the different booths. one person was selling honey and they brought along some of their bees. the bees were all in a glass box, buzzing around.
the snow cone people were there. mom and i went and picked out a cone. i decided to go with watermelon. the snow cone girl piled the shaved ice up really high and then poured a bunch of watermelon flavor over the top. she handed me a spoon and a huge cup full of bright red ice. so exciting. mom took me over to a table and we sat down to eat my treat. i shared a little with mom and dad but i ate most of the cone. it was very tasty. and kind of sticky. when it was all gone mom took me into the natural history museum to wash hands.
got my hands washed. when we got out of the bathroom dad had disappeared so mom and i walked around looking at all the inside displays. there was so much cool stuff. i saw a box full of toads. mom tried to get me to touch one but- no way. there was a guy with some different skulls. i touched a caiman tooth. they are related to gators. and i touched a alligator gar skull, they are a kind of fish. there was a parrot in a cage. i said hello to him but he just whistled at me, fair enough.
eventually we found dad again. we took a short walk through the museum looking at fossils before heading back outside. mom led us back around the museum to the wild flower garden and we actually saw a couple real butterflies. it was close to lunch time so we headed off back to the car.
mom and dad decided we should try this fast food place: sonics. it's kind of like a drive in. you sit in your car, and press a button on the speaker to order. when the foods done a girl on roller skates bring is out. kind of neat. there is a sonics right near our house so when the food came out dad just drove us home to eat it. i got some french fries and a chocolate/banana shake. awesome. mom and dad made me share the shake. that's fine, it was kind of big. the food was nice.
after lunch mom and dad decided i should run around outside a bit to burn off some energy. we all got back in the car and drove to the park with the running track. dad got my bike out of the trunk and i got to ride my bike around the track while mom and dad walked behind me. we went around 4 times, which is a mile. i had a great time.
we went home for some relaxing time. dad put on some tv for us to watch. and now we're just going to hang out doing family stuff