Dallas Aquarium

Lee drove into town April 3rd to pick up Grammy after her 3 week visit. On the last Saturday of their visit we went to the Dallas Aquarium for Wesley's birthday. Instead of taking two cars all the way into Dallas we decided to try the Trinity Railway Express (commuter train) that runs between Fort Worth and Dallas. The train was pretty cool and cleaner than I expected except for the bottle of mad dog 20/20 grape red wine. Overall the ride was uneventful, but much better than driving all the way into downtown Dallas. After getting off the train, we hopped on the light rail for one stop and ate lunch at Chipotle. This was the largest Chipotle I have ever been in, and I have been in a lot of Chipotles. The odd thing was it did not have its own bathroom. Instead, you had to ask for a key and go down to the basement. After lunch we walked to the Aquarium. The Aquarium was pretty cool, not as big as Baltimore's but still very nice. There were lots of colorful birds and a rainforest atmosphere throughout. It does beat the Baltimore Aquarium for the sloth. At Baltimore you had to search far and wide for the sloth, in Dallas they had two trees for it to roam around and it was very easy to watch him. In the large tank there were lots of very large water turtles swimming around. Wesley loved to watch them swim and he kept pointing at them. After the Aquarium we walked to Founder's Park where there is a very old cabin with no plaque...how are we supposed to know how old it is? After Founder's Park we walked to Dealey Plaza and saw the grassy knoll and book depository. (You may giggle here if you are reminded of a joke). Next we walked to a restaurant near the train station to cool off and wait for the train.

Grammy and Kylee on the train.

Lee and Kaleb on the train.



Larry and Wesley on the train.

Grammy and Wesley checking out the rainforest.

Turtles!

More Turtles.

Shark
More shark.

Mary, Larry and Wesley.

Mary, Wesley and turtles.

Kaleb, Kylee and Grammy.

glowing jellyfish.

Turtle souviner.

Founder's Park

Resting.

At the train station family photo.

Four generations Bryce Family

Four generations Mary family.

Happy Birthday Wesley!

Happy Birthday Wesley!

Wesley celebrated his first birthday with his family. Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa N, Bryce, Carmen, Kaleb and Kylee and Great Grandma N were all present. Since Wesley's first real word was turtle we had a turtle themed cake. After dinner we opened presents and watched Wesley try and eat a cupcake. He did not dive in rather he just played with it and shared with the puppies on the floor. Wesley's favorite gifts were the stacking cups, the Little People Farm that makes farm animal nosies, and 2 books, Mr. Brown Says Moo and Which Dinosaur.

Daddy hanging the Happy Birthday sign.

Mom and Dad Making decorating the cake.
The turtle cake.

Opening presents...this one is from Leah and Taryn - Yay Dinosaur squirties.

Little People train set.

Cake time. I did make the mistake of not pushing the cake far enough away. Wesley got a fist full of the back of the cake before we lit it and sang Happy Birthday.

Blowing out the candle...thank you daddy for the help!

Yum...cake.