Remembering the Alamo

Our Sunday afternoon outing...

Look at all that detail!

Leonardo Da Vinci

Admission to the Witte Museum is free on Tuesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. so hey, we took advantage of that!

The kids were so intrigued by Da Vinci's hands-on exhibit of his inventions. They are now able to identify a few of Da Vinci's paintings and were introduced to some of his inventions and the four elements!

It was truly lots of fun...

Touring San Antonio

Sunday, after running, grocery shopping and all that good stuff, my Mom and I took the kids to the Riverwalk. We were able to ride the little boat and then, for dinner, we went to Casa Rio. They didn't care too much about the food (they normally don't anyway) but they had a great time feeding the ducks all my chips :0(.

After walking around the riverwalk, we took them to the Tower of the Americas. Now, that was the highlight of the weekend. As soon as we left, Carson started asking me when would we be able to go back.

It was fun. I planned so that we could see San Antonio during daylight, but I also wanted for them to enjoy the sunset. It was beautiful!!! The picture below is not that good, but it'll give you an idea of what we saw that day. And of course, the kids enjoyed seeing all the lights everywhere once it was dark!

Once they had had enough of the scenery, we went back downstairs and saw a 4D film about Texas. That was a blast, although the kids were a little concerned. You know, they have a snake coming right at you and at the same time they spray air in your face. An alligator almost got us too, while they were spraying water at you. The seat even pokes your back, pretending to be a bull...and so on and so forth. It was so funny to see the kids' expressions. Natalia even said, "Mama, I think that snake touched my leg."



We really enjoyed our little outing.

Enjoying a Hot Summer Day

In an effort to stay cool, on Saturday we decided to go to the Guadalupe River again.  Last time we were there, the kids had a "spectacular day" like Natalia would say, so it seemed like a good idea to go back again. We had a pic-nic by the river and then we went swimming.  I kid you not, they swam and swam and swam, with a short break here and there.  They even made some friends there!  And you know me, I also got to talk to a lady with three children almost the same ages as mine.  

I just love days like these.  They are just so relaxing!

Taking a short break.  And I mean SHORT!

Luke inspecting the rocks

Look at what I found!  --Who knows, maybe I'll start a little collection...

Finally at approximately 5:00 p.m., I decided that it was probably a good time to get out of the water.  This time though, I decided to give them a shower at the Guadalupe State Park's camping grounds.  It worked out well, because by the time we got home all I had to do was feed them, brush their teeth and send them to bed. 

Home Grown Tomato

Straight from the kids' garden!

Shakespeare in the Park

On Sunday evening, we went to see "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. The kids' first play ever! The actors grabbed their attention right a way. The play was approximately an hour and forty five minutes long and the kids loved every single minute!

The weather was nice, a little on the hot side, but nice. To make it even more fun we, of course, had some snacks while watching the play. We were all so entertained by the play that we totally missed Luke eating the majority of the Gummy Bears.

On the way back to the car, they found this little hill! They rolled down the hill for about 30 minutes. I guess after they had been sitting quietly for an hour and 45 minutes, they needed some kind of physical activity.

What a way to end the weekend!

Guadalupe State Park

On Saturday, we spent our entiere day at the Guadalupe State Park. It was such a relaxing and enjoyable day!

The fun started on Saturday at 9:30 when we met a group of people at the park's amphitheater. We went down to the river to hunt for bugs.

Showing off some bugs she caught.

Carson taking a bug to the bucket.

Carson and the bug.
And...little Luke also caught something.

After lunch, we went swimming! The kids had a wonderful time. Natalia became so comfortable with the water that she now is able to float on her back with no assistance at all. She learned how to swirl in the water. She also swam and swam and swam none stop. Carson was a little fish and Luke decided that he was also going to join in. We really had a lot of work looking out for Luke. He really thinks he can swim. He would throw himself in the water and swim, but the problem was that he could not get out by himself so we really had to keep an eye on him. He also swam none stop.

After twenty minutes of swimming, this is what I saw:

Oh but, don't let this picture fool you though. They were still just long enough for me to get the camara and take this picture. They were up and ready to go swimming again in no time!

My cousin's daughter, Azalea and Natalia

By 7:45 p.m., we decided to call it a day, so we packed up and went back home to give everybody a bath and put them in bed.