Texas Discovery Gardens and Children's Aquarium at Fair Park

Another fun POGO pass day! This time we went to Dallas to check out Texas Discovery Gardens and Children's Aquarium at Fair Park. At the Discovery Gardens, there is a huge butterfly observatory. It is HUMID, but so beautiful. There were butterflies everywhere, but they were hard to capture well in pictures. We got there around noon for their daily butterfly release and got to hear a presentation about them. Wesley sat and listened to every word. Curtis and Evie got up about half way through to explore and check out the beehive. After the butterfly presentation, we spent awhile exploring the gardens. There was also a snake house that the boys enjoyed.

Curtis getting to feel a dead butterfly

The amazing chrysalis collection

Butterfly release!

Curtis loved the big beautiful blue butterflies. I actually got one in the picture
over the sidewalk.

Beehive. They could get in and out through a tube
to the outside

Just a short walk away from the Gardens is the Aquarium. We got there in time to watch lots of the fish being fed. The hit of the day was definitely petting and feeding the stingrays. Curtis got drenched from getting so involved in the petting. It was hard to pull him away when it was time to get home.

Piranhas!!

This sea turtle was rescued from a plastic net. One of its fins is deformed
because of the trauma. He seemed to enjoy our company.

Watching the spitting fish get fed. They shoot water at the bugs and eat them!

Touching a starfish

This fish seemed to pose with the boys

Touching a crab's back

Stingrays!!

Wesley rated this day 4.5 out of 5 stars :)