After we toured the cave, we drove back through Branson. It was Saturday of Labor Day Weekend and the roads were packed. If you have ever been to Branson, you will know that the main street through town can be quite a slow drive. We were on the lookout for a kid-friendly, yet not fast food kind of place to eat. And believe me, once you pass something, there is no turning around and coming back. I think it took us an hour to get back through town. Anyway we found a great place to eat called Sadie's Sideboard and Smokehouse. We all did the buffet (the three younger ones were free), which was great, as we didn't have to wait for our food. If you ever go there, it is a good place to eat with kids.
Then we were off to the Dinosaur Museum! This was a place filled with all kinds of dinosaurs, and most of them had flesh and skin on their bones. The kids thought it was really neat, especially since it seems we've been reading a lot of books about dinosaurs.
Here the kids are, looking at some of the little dinosaurs:
I couldn't get the big dinosaurs all in one picture.
Joseph gets to look at T. Rex's big, sharp teeth up close. He liked it.
The Dinosaur Museum had a kid's area with games, puzzles, and a video playing about, well, dinosaurs. Then there was a large elevated sandbox with "bones" buried in it, and the kids could use brushes to find them. They still talk about that.
You'd think that would be enough for one day, but it wasn't even 3:00 by this time, so we drove through the rest of town over to the Old Branson side. Down by Lake Taneycomo, there is a very large outdoor mall. We walked around for a while. Did we do any shopping?
Only for cotton candy!
We watched the cool fountains down by the lake for a while. The kids enjoyed watching the boats go by. 
There was a neat little playground there. The kids blew off whatever steam they had left there.
You can never be too tired to play.
After the kids had their fill, we loaded back up in the mini-van and headed back to the hotel for dinner in our suite (and a nap or two on the way!).
Here is a look at the set-up in the mini-van:
Yes, I've already figured out that we can squeeze one more kid in there, so when the baby comes, Dominic will be moving to the back row.
To be continued...
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First Son loves digging for dinosaur bones! We went to a museum near Chicago where he could dig for a fossil and really bring it home, definitely his favorite part of the trip.
He says, by the way, that he's going to be a scientist that digs up dinosaur bones (but he's going to live at home for a while longer) and First Daughter is going to be his assistant who reads the map.
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