Epic Road Trip Day Nine

On Friday, we got out to see some sites in Tulsa.  In the morning, Laura took us to one of her favorite spots, Turkey Mountain, for a two mile hike.  The girls were a little whinier than normal, but managed the distance without too many complaints.  

 Cristina had to stop for a few breaks along the way.  Maybe if she had chosen more sensible shoes the hike would have been a little easier?  Just a guess.

 Cristina had the camera for much of the hike and I have a lot of pictures of people's footprints.

 After the hike, we had lunch at Subway.  During lunch, Charlotte lost her second tooth.  She was quite excited about it.

 When we were planning the trip to Tulsa, Brian wanted to check out the new Woody Guthrie museum.  After spending time at a few museums during the trip, I figured that the last thing that the kids would want to do is spend the afternoon looking at instruments and musical lyrics.  Brian discovered there was a children's museum in Tulsa and we decided to divide and conquer.  Brian and Jeff had a kid free tour of the Guthrie museum and Laura and I hung out with the girls at the Discovery Lab, Tulsa's Children's Museum.  The main centerpiece of the museum were these giant tape tunnels that went across the main room.  I was really surprised when Ella climbed up in them and went all around by herself with no problems.

 Ella playing with the ball chutes at the museum.

The girls channeling their inner artists at the creation station.

 Charlotte laying on a bed of nails.

 Emma and Ella coming down the slide.  I'm pretty sure those are Cristina's legs in the background.

 Emma and Charlotte built a house out of cardboard boxes.  Charlotte directed all the kids where to put the blocks, so it turned out to her liking.

While we were watching the kids play, Brian was snapping pictures of Woody Guthrie's fiddle, which survived two bombings when he was part of the merchant marines.

 Back at Jeff and Laura's house, the girls had fun playing with Stella and taking turns holding her.  Stella looks like she'll be as big as Cristina in no time!

 I'm pretty sure Charlotte's favorite thing about Laura's house was playing with the dogs, Jack and Coogee.  She is such an animal lover and attracted animals wherever we went during our trip.

 Cristina was thrilled to have the chance to feed Stella.  I don't think she was fast enough for Stella's liking, but she did a good job.