Best Inexpensive Family Spots

Houston is home to many great museums. Not all are good for children and not all are inexpensive. Personally I find the Children's museum annoying as it is very often packed with people and makes you feel like you are inside a sardine can (not that cheap either).A diamond in the rough is the art museum which has a free Sunday  at the beginning of every month sponsored by Target. I went there and we had a blast! They had adorable fold-able canvas chairs for the children and pencils and clipboard to look at the paintings and draw to their hearts content. There was a movie for children and even free lemonade (checked the powder they were using-Kosher!). Later they had a singer come in and he did storytelling combined with old folk songs that was excellent. Another great spot is 

Discovery Green Park  with their water fountain and playground and Hermann Park with their pedal boats, trails and fishing