Since it was a milestone birthday, her Dad and I planned to take her on a day out just the three of us. Her siblings stayed with family for the day and we headed toward Raleigh. Rachel loves all things dinosaurs and is fascinated with fossils. Her hope one day is to be a paleontologist. She picked a day trip that was both fun and educational. Our first stop was the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
We started outside by the world globe and then headed inside to explore the museum. It had been just over 3 years since any of us had been the museum.
Her favorite place in the entire museum- the paleontology lab!
We found a piece of the moon that was brought back to NC from the first men landing on the moon.
Of course, we had the get a picture with the Acrocanthosaurus!
We had to stop by Brent's favorite- the megalodon teeth!
After the museum, because it was a milestone birthday, we had one more surprise for her. There is a very special occasion steak house in North Raleigh called the Angus Barn. We planned to eat there just the 3 of us as a special meal for her birthday. We barely got reservations but when they heard it was a special birthday, they were able to find me a table for 3. As a bonus, because Rachel's birthday is so close to Christmas, the entire restaurant and grounds were decorated with fantastic and beautiful Christmas decorations!
Our dinner reservations were for just after 5 so we finished up at the museum and headed over
to the Angus Barn.
The decorations were gorgeous and added so much to the restaurant experience.
Rachel was thoroughly impressed and I think this might be one of her favorite restaurants ever.
They even brought Rachel her own special birthday cake!
Our baby girl is growing up. Times flies! We thoroughly enjoyed our birthday day with her!
