Whew! We had a fun-filled, but busy weekend. On Friday, we drove to Dallas where we met up with my brother-in-law, Casey, to pick up my niece, McKenzie. Then McKenzie, KJ, David, and I were off to the Science Place to see Body Worlds followed by the Human Body at the IMAX. We got McKenzie back home around 8:00 where *surprise* her parents agreed to let her come home with us. David practically had to take a blood oath to watch over McKenzie, but she got to come. It was after midnight by the time we got back to Waco so we all just collapsed into bed.

Saturday was a shopping day. We fortified ourselves with lunch at D's Mediterranean Grill before hitting Army Navy Surplus, Book Rack, Paper Bear, Golden's Used Books, Bankston's, and Books A Million. (sensing a theme here?) After that, KJ and McKenzie spent every free moment reading. We had to buy 2 copies of this book so they could each have their own to read and discuss with each other.

On Sunday, everyone came with me to the zoo. McKenzie helped by chopping produce for the education animal diets. KJ and McKenzie both misted the reptiles, kept an eye on Petunia, and entertained Moe. (David was here for all this too.) We wandered the rest of the zoo, had a snack, and came back home for more reading.

Monday started with a phone call to KJ's doctor to discuss KJ's worsening eyes and the possibility of pink eye. This was followed by a quick stop at the pharmacy for very expensive allergy eye drops (Patanol) and we were off to Scarborough Faire. It absolutely poured on us, I'm talking flash flood type rain here. We all were soaked to the skin and covered in mud up to our ankles, but had a good time anyway. There was one act that I did NOT like at all (turtle exploitation), but will have to post about it later.