June 07, 2003
Makin' Memories!
We just returned home from a quick three-day trip to Enid, Oklahoma. What's in Enid?, you say? Welllll, let me just tell you! The kid-draw is Leonardo's hands-on science and fun museum with Adventure Quest (a huge outdoor play area built kinda like a castle, only out of wood). These two places were enough to keep us busy most of the day yesterday. We all had a blast--even Socrates!
Then of course there's the usual shopping mall, Wal-Mart, movie theaters, etc. We went to see "Finding Nemo" on Thursday. Joel said he liked it best of the Pixar movies to date. It didn't become my immediate favorite, but it was very entertaining!
Another fun thing we did was the Midgley Museum. It's the house-turned-museum of a somewhat eccentric family which had hobbies of collecting rocks, fossils, and the carcasses of dead animals (some call this hunting). The docent that showed us around told us the Midgley's never threw anything away, and boy, did we believe it! They had more stuff from the mid-to-late 1800's and early 1900's than I've ever seen in a personal collection. Plus, the entire outside of the house was covered with all kinds of rock, petrified wood, etc., so it had lots of character. This museum was quite an experience.
We also had plenty of down-time to play at the park. The weather was perfect for it, and the park there in town is really pretty. Joel and I relaxed while the kids played, then we all joined in for a rousing game of foxtail. (The only hitch there was that Joel threw the foxtail high up in a tree at one point, and he was getting ready to risk life and limb--his own!--to retrieve it when the wind blew it down...! After that we moved away from the trees....)
Yeah, it was a good trip. Nothing too flashy. Nothing too exciting. But we had some quality family time together to play games, take family polls, eat lots of good food, and generally enjoy being out of our usual environment together. Even Socrates had fun on this trip!
It was good to get away, but it's good to be back home, too. Of course we have lots to do to catch up around here, but it was worth it for the memories we made....
FAMILY POLL: PIXAR MOVIES
We took a poll of our family members regarding all the Pixar movies to date, to determine how we would rate them as a family. Following were the results:
Finding Nemo - Came in 1st with 18 points
A Bug's Life - Came in 2nd with 13 points
Toy Story and Monster's, Inc. tied for 3rd place with 12 points each
Toy Story 2 came in last with 5 points.
Regardless of the ratings shown above, we are definitely Pixar fans! You go, Pixar!
Posted by at June 7, 2003 02:39 PM