Sunday Around Town

We spent some time on Sunday hanging out as a family and getting to know OKC a little bit better.

First off we saw parts of The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.  There were MANY gorgeous paintings, sculptures, cowboy and Indian relics, military relics...really great stuff that unfortunately with two toddlers you don't get to spend much time viewing. 

They did have a really neat old Western "Territory" town that you could wander through.  Unfortunately is was dark so it was like nighttime out which made the kids a bit scared.  Gabriel started to get upset when I locked myself in the Marshal's jail cell.  Below is a schoolhouse.  They had the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year readers on display for you to look through.  I really wanted to spend more time looking through them.  I was amazed at what complex words the 4th graders were expected to be able to read...I wonder what age 4th years actually were back then.  I may have to research.  

 They also had  Children's Cowboy Corral with little interactive areas.  We had fun on the saddles.

 They also had a neat little camp area with cows moo-ing in the background.  You could pretend to cook beans and coffee over the "campfire".  The kids had a ball in that section. My pictures didn't turn out well though.  I forgot to alter my settings.

There were a lot of great HUGE statues on the grounds, inside and out.

 More than anything though I think our kids enjoyed the lakes, fountains and waterfalls on the museum grounds.

 Of course I'm always happy to see a great Lincoln statue.

 While there we were debating about where to have lunch...and ended up at the zoo.  :)  After a lot of begging from Mr. Gabriel.

The kids made it until 2 p.m.  And then you could see they weren't going to last much longer.  They were asleep as we left the parking lot!  :)  A great Sunday spent as a family.