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The sun was out today! We went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science and headed straight to the butterfly conservatory.

The Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is a stunning, living exhibit that showcases hundreds of live butterflies in a naturalistic rainforest setting. The central conservatory is a dramatic three-story glass cone filled with tropical plants and exotic butterflies. During a typical visit, one can expect to see 50 to 60 different species of the world’s largest and most colorful butterfly species, flying through the balmy air, hovering over flowers or sipping fruit juice – and occasionally, landing on visitors!

It's pretty cool. As soon as you walk in, the heat and humidity hit you. The thundering sound of a waterfall lures you closer. As the trail descends, you pass the resident iguana sunning itself on the rocks. The waterfall scene comes into view. The butterflies flutter by and greet you. They do butterfly things... Feast on the lush flora in a frenzy. Enjoy a slice of mango. It's the good life. We had the fortune of being just about the only ones there at the time. And yes, a few butterflies even landed on us, which was delightful.

Afterwards, we celebrated with lunch at the McDonald's in the museum, then we headed to the paleontology exhibit to see the dinosaurs. It was cool. We trekked all throughout the museum and saw pretty much all of the exhibits to some degree. After a few hours in the museum, we walked through the Japanese Gardens at Hermann Park.

We finished the day at Dave & Buster's. Burgers and games, oh my. We had a blast playing some game where you drop in a token and watch it inch a massive pile of tokens ever towards a precipice, hoping that some should slip over the edge and cause the machine to spew tickets. Sound like fun?? Trust me, it was. When we cashed in our tickets, they told me I had 1578 points! I walked away with an alarm clock, a D&B hacky sack and a miniature rubber snake -- and I still have 8 points to spare!