Showing posts with label Happenings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happenings. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Rodeo/Friends/Valentine's Day

We made a trip to the San Antonio Rodeo this past weekend and braved the crowds for some greasy food, a trip to the petting zoo, and visits to various animal barns.  After our visit we vowed never to return on a weekend again, citing "too many people" as our main reason.  However, I suspect the prospect of "greasy food" will entice my glutinous husband next year, weekend or not. 









Our Guam friends, the Bui's, are in town on a TDY from their current station, Alaska.  We were able to get together and catch up, remembering our old Guam days BK(before kids)...HA.  Avery and Amelia had a GREAT time playing with their oldest Ella. 





Happy Valentine's Day 2011
 

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Catching up!

For those of you that don't know, Shane is currently doing a four week rotation in Houston and is, therefore, not in San Antonio during the week, but is able to make it back home on the weekends…thank goodness. Not having help at some point during the weekday has left me feeling extra tired in the evenings. As a result, I haven't posted in a while, but am trying to catch up!

Amelia's 1st professional haircut!



Feeling beautiful!

Hitting the birthday circuit...princess style!
The invited guests were able to choose a costume from a very long rack of princess dresses and knight uniforms. After Cinderella's grand entrance to the party, Amelia quickly grabbed the mini-me version of the same dress and became Cinderella's shadow for the remainder of the party. 





Can you spy Amelia glued to Cinderella's side?

Dining out at the "Magic Time Machine."

The "Magic Time Machine" is a restaurant I remember visiting while vacationing with my family in high school.  When Shane and I moved to San Antonio I quickly spied this restaurant while running errands, and knew someday we would make a visit to this memorable place.  That "someday" presented itself last weekend when a change of scenery was definitely needed....and a change of scenery is just what the kids got.  In fact, Audrey wasn't sure what to think of the "Joker" and "Marilyn Monroe".....check out the picture below.   
 



You can't tell by the picture, but Avery and Ameilia's drinks were both smoking with dry ice...very cool for a 3 and 5 year old.



Popcorn!


Popcorn stuck to Audrey's face after suffering from a runny nose.



Flag Football!



Avery spent most of his time chasing anybody with a flag rather than the person carrying the football, whether Avery was on defense or offense...we have a long way to go...HA!

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My youngest LOVES playing with Desitin!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Hello 2011!

Wow, I can't believe it's 2011!.....and 2010 was such a fantastic year.  I’d like to say we rang in the New Year by celebrating with adults, staying up until midnight, and sealing the evening with a kiss.  However, we are boring, and chose an afternoon at the children’s museum with the kids, lunch at the “Buckhorn CafĂ©” including a delicious, artery clogging “fried Twinkie”, a less than stellar movie from Netflix, and an early bedtime of 10 p.m…..and it felt good!!!  I’m sure years from now we might regret not spending our evening in a more memorable way, but on January 1st waking up well rested with 3 little ones ready to tackle the day, I didn’t regret it one bit…Happy New Year!








Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Birds!

The kids always enjoy visiting the zoo, and one of our favorite stops is the”parakeet house.”  This is a fun exhibit because you can buy nectar and hand feed the birds.  In past visits, the parakeets have snacked or even avoided our nectar, because they are either semi-full or completely full, due to prior feeding.  However, on December 26th, the day after Christmas, the parakeets were hungry….very hungry!   Think Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds!"


Alfred Hitchcock's Version


Our Version