The Space Center was the one activity that was the easiest to find something for us all to eat. They were great about the dairy allergy and the girl child ended up with a hot dog. And it was my most interesting meal on the trip with a hummus and toubouli pita sandwich.
Our first day we arrived early enough that we went on to the Natural History Museum in Houston before going on to our hotel in Webster and I had a peanut butter sandwich before we went in, they nibbled on beef jerky and trail mix we made all the way down and were not hungry until about an hour in and hand a snack size item at the McDonalds in the Museum. They were both disappointed with it after eating healthy for so long. I think the food choice contributed to the crankiness of the girl child later in the day.
When we made it to the hotel later we had sandwiches and hummus with veggies and fruit for an early dinner and then took advantage of a coupon for Ben and Jerry's we got from the hotel for some sorbet. It made for a nice treat to end the day.
Day 2 was the Space Center where we had lunch, then we moved on to the Aquarium where we had dinner. They were very sweet about our food issues, which I knew before hand, which is why I chose it to cater to my husband's urge for seafood. My daughter and I ended up with spaghetti with marinara and veggies. Yes we went to a seafood place with a child with a shellfish allergy. But it was a vacation and her reaction to shellfish is to become extremely hyper, it isn't going to kill her or anything. Her dairy allergy is much more severe.
Day 3 was the hardest. The zoo was the least accommodating about the allergies, but the manager tried. I was prepared and brought lots of trail mix and water for folks to snack on. The girl child really still wanted something resembling real food about halfway through the visit, because she needs massive quantities of food and had a hotdog sans bun and some fries. We then went for a real lunch at a Subway. Navigating traffic and trying to find parking at this point was the worst part of the trip.
Then we went on to the Fine Art Museum just to make me happy. We only lasted about an hour and a half before the girl child finally wore out completely and we headed back to the hotel at 3:30. We had dinner at Freebirds, but took the girl child to Firehouse down the street in Webster, and we had coupons for both courtesy of the hotel. And we once again had dessert at Ben and Jerry's
Day 4 after checking out of the hotel after breakfast. Did I forget to mention that we did breakfast every day at the hotel. Brought our own milk and creamer and the girl had cereal and a half bagel and I had one and a half bagels and the husband had waffles every day same breakfast.
Anyway we headed to Galveston to the state park to walk the beach and hunt for shells until lunch time, then we went to Subway for lunch and headed home, stopping in Webster again for Jamba Juice to make the trip more bearable. And the girl nearly finished off the trail mix on the way home too. BTW, I made a gallon of trail mix for the trip. I have about a 1/4 cup of it left.
We didn't eat nearly as healthy as we do at home. But I will say that we didn't eat nearly as unhealthy as we would have a year ago on a trip. We didn't even eat as unhealthy as we would have a year ago eating at home. We also walked several hours a day. And I suspect I lost a bit of weight on the trip. The pants I wore in on day one were loose and very comfy for a long drive, but still fit, by day 4 when I chose to wear them again for the long drive back home could not stay up on their own and needed a belt.
BTW my trail mix recipe:
small bag of dried pineapple
small bag of dried strawberries
small bag of dried raspberries
tube of fiber one cereal
almond slivers
walnuts
pecans
craisins
raisins
I did wish that I had some chopped dates The small bags came from Trader Joe's the the unmeasured stuff I just scooped in there until it looked right, except for the pecan, because I only had a 1/4c left from what my in laws gave me at Christmas. It filled a gallon ziplock bag to near bursting.
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