Saturday was Super Pi Day (3.14.15), which only happens once a century! How did you celebrate? We started the day at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Sugar Land for their Pi Day activities.
We made Pi puzzles
and recited as many digits of Pi as we could (Will got to 14 digits in his first try, but got up to 28 digits over the weekend and has now memorized 49 digits!).
Of course, eating pie was a highlight of Pi Day!
We did a penny toss and won Pi pencils.
We ended the morning with some ball tossing and touring the museum's exhibits.
Since it was a beautiful sunny day (the first in over a week!), we headed down to the George Ranch Historical Park for a visit. Gene and Henry had never been before and it was surprisingly uncrowded for a sunny Saturday during spring break.
We started our visit at the 1830s Jones Stock Farm, a simple dogtrot cabin.
The boys followed two chickens around the yard and we learned about pioneer life in Texas.
We enjoyed a chuck wagon lunch of chili, cornbread and peach cobbler before watching a cattle demonstration.
Will took this picture of the huge longhorn, Big Tex.
Our final stop of the day was the 1860s Ryon Prairie Homesite. We toured the home and milked a pretend cow outside.
We didn't see everything at George Ranch, but we had a lot of fun and now have a reason to go back for another visit. We ended the day with some rock candy and a little sketching.
My explorers -- always up for an adventure!
After so much dismal, dreary weather, we were thrilled to get outside, explore and enjoy the beginning of spring break!
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