Children's Museum Houston

Many countries' Christmas traditions were on display; Norway's was a coloring project.

We knew Papa Bill would be proud to see Jackson at the wheel of this Mustang!

Father and son with some cool wheels.

Ride 'em cowboy! What Texas museum is complete without cowboy history?

Jackson making shoes like the Western American Indian.

Just before I get to put on hospital shoe covers to enter the Baby/Toddler area (super Nazi at the gate!)

Jackson driving the toddler car. Wheels came off, engine sounds, gas pump--very cool!

We had extra time on Saturday morning before we flew home, so as a reward for Jackson, and some fun for all of us, we went to the Houston Children's Museum. I can see why so many organizations rank it #1. They had a ton of different science exhibits that didn't feel like science at all. A full grocery store, a cow you could 'milk', live chicks in an incubator, race cars, a space ship, climbing equipment, electrical currents to wire. But the best one was the 'bug catcher'. Both Jason and Jackson had a blast with this game. It was a table with a spinning wheel in the center. You had to use plastic shapes hooked together to make a 'catcher', and then toss plastic bugs into a center funnel which spun them out onto the wheel. Then you got to see just how effective your catcher was.