Tuesday evening, Kayla and I made the trip to Dallas from northwest Arkansas. The trip took about 6 1/2 hours, and I was worried about a three-year-old sitting in a car seat for that long, but Kayla was great as usual. We left right after school and arrived at the Comfort Inn and Suites in Desoto, Texas at around 9:30. I REALLY wanted to take some pictures of downtown Dallas when we passed it because it is so beautiful at night. However, Kayla was asleep and I was in 6 lanes of traffic, so I decided that was probably a bad idea.
Of course she HAD to ride it!!
The next thing we did was ride the tram, which was elevated. We got to see the northwest corner of the zoo which were all of the African exhibits.
There was this really cool part of the train ride where we got to go under a waterfall. Here's a video...
One of our favorite exhibits was the giraffes.
Kayla's favorite part of the day was when she got to ride a real pony. She LOVES horses!
In the children's zoo they had several animals for the kids to pet and view. Kayla was one of the only kids who actually sat down and watched the fish. I think they moved a little too slowly for most of the tykes running around, but she liked them.
Before we left the zoo, Kayla wanted to ride the spinning wheel -AKA carousel- again. This time, Dad and I styed on the side lines because we got sick the first time we rode it with her.
Once we returned to Dad and Helen's, we ran errands for the remainder of the day. My favorite place we went was an authentic Mexican restaurant called Ojeda's. Their cheese and chicken enchiladas and refried beans were AMAZING!!!
It was nice to get back to our hotel room that night. I was exhausted!!! Kayla, however, was ready to watch "Brave".
That night, we stayed up until about 9:00 to watch the end of "Brave" together in our bed. While we were sad Brian couldn't come with us because he had to work, it was so nice to have some great mother-daughter time on this trip! I love that girl so much.
