This year's conference was good as Bobby Hill was our speaker. It was also nice for our family because we got to take Amanda with us. What was a bummer for our family was Brooke being down in her back and having to miss some of the meetings as well as family day during free time on Friday.
On Friday afternoon Brooke's back was hurting pretty bad, so she had to stay at the hotel in the bed. Amanda and I didn't want to leave Mommy at the hotel by herself, but she needed to rest her back and encouraged us to go ahead and find something fun for Amanda to do...and we did. We went to downtown Houston to visit the Children's Museum. Amanda had a BLAST! Here's just a few pictures of the museum and our trip. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so all I had was my low-resolution, no-flash camera phone to take pictures.
Amanda and I made this arch together. We started building individually on each side, and as we got toward the end, I held the sides while she slipped another piece into the middle. The exhibit was about how gravity affects building structures.
This whole area had a Mexican theme complete with replicas of a home, a cobbler's shop, a grocery store...and this Beetle Van!
This room was the coolest part of the whole museum (from a grown-up's perspective). You stood against a metal wall and a projector shot some kind of light on you. As you moved, your colored shadow appeared on the projection screen in front of you. You moved and it moved...and showed your movements in cascades of color. First there is one of you, then two, then four, eight and more. It reminded me of the introductions to old James Bond movies. Here is Amanda in the room.
Here's me in the light room...taking a picture of course.
Amanda put on a puppet show for me.
That's Amanda milking the cow. The "milk" was actually water, but the milking part seemed fairly authentic. Amanda enjoyed herself.
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