San Antonio

10.25.12

We had been wanting to take the kids to San Antonio for awhile now, so we were excited to go on a trip with our friends who have a little boy the same age as Teagan.  On the way to San Antonio we stopped at the Austin Children's Museum.  The kids had a lot of fun there and it was a good way to break up the trip.

The train table was the first thing you see inside the museum.  We almost couldn't get the kids to move on and explore anything else!

Teagan practiced her balancing walking on different bridges.

They had a fun construction area with toy construction vehicles and lots of rubber chips to move around. Asher tried out the big digger.

10.26.12

Our first day in San Antonio, we headed to Sea World.  Unfortunately it started raining as soon as we got there and was pretty cold.  We had stop at the gift shop for umbrellas, gloves, and sweatshirts.  Luckily the weather cleared up a bit and we got to enjoy the shows and the kids rides.  Due to the weather, there was no crowds for the rides and the kids got to ride them over and over again with no lines.

Teagan and her friend loved the Shamu roller coaster.

Asher did several rides on the carousel while Teagan was doing the roller coaster.

Big hug from Cookie Monster.

10.27.12

On our second day in San Antonio, we headed back to Sea World.  The weather was a bit warmer and there was more crowds, but we still saw more shows and did the rides.

We had a lot of fun feeding and touching the dolphins.

10.28.12

Before heading back home, we spent the morning at the River Walk.  We had a nice brunch and took a long boat ride on the river.

We ended up getting pass that is good for admission all next year, so we will definitely be heading back sometime next Spring or Summer.

Pumpkins at the Arboretum

10.19.12

We went with a friend for our annual trip to see the pumpkins at the Arboretum.  It was quite busy that day and the kids loved that we got to ride a shuttle bus since we had to park so far away in remote parking.

10.20.12

A new fascination for the kiddos is printable coloring pages.  Teagan will think of various "subjects" like princesses, or pumpkins, and ask me to print a coloring page for her.

10.21.12

Hanging out in a laundry basket, coloring.

10.23.12

I gave the kids each their own headphones with an audio book, and the house was completely quiet for about one whole minute.  Then Asher moved on to something else.

10.24.12

I know I can reach it!

Hanging out in the living room, under the shade of her umbrella, listening to an audiobook.

State Fair

10.6.12

We actually got a nice, cool Fall day.  Teagan really wanted to carve pumpkins, so we headed out to choose some. 

What about his big one?

Contemplating the options....

10.7.12

Teagan chose this cat silhouette design and I carved it for her.

Since it was a nice cool evening, Paul lit a fire in the fireplace and we had a little picnic dinner in front of it.

10.8.12

 Cheers!

10.9.12

I made Teagan a "pig pancake" as she requested and she deemed it just as good as the one she saw on the Betty Crocker video.

Asher wants nothing to do with pancakes or anything bread-like, so he stuck to his typical smoothie.

 10.10.12

 

We had so much fun at the State Fair with Grandma.  The kids got to pretend to do a bunch of things on a farm, complete with driving a tractor.

 

Asher liked the grilled corn.

 

Teagan got her first corny dog.  She seemed to like the hot dog, but wasn't so sure about the breading.

10.11.12

When you need a seat to sit down and drink your hot chocolate, sometimes you just have to improvise.  A baby doll bath tub turned upside down will do.

Hanging out in their little Learning Tower play house.

10.12.12

 Painting together.

10.13.12



Climbing on the buffalo at Waters Creek.




10.14.12

Teagan convinced me to make gingerbread cookies so she could have a tea party.  After they were all decorated, she suddenly decided that she and Asher were puppies and we needed to have our tea party on the floor.

10.15.12

Teagan and Asher decided to un-stuff her dog to make snow.  I really wasn't crazy about that idea, but I guess it was easy enough to clean up.

 10.16.12

 

Paul took the day off after the 10/15 deadline, so Teagan decided she wanted us to go to the park and feed the ducks.
 

 10.17.12

Teagan is always dressing up for something....

Asher's silliness.  He thinks it's pretty funny to blow raspberries.

10.18.12

Teagan likes to make beds for her and Asher on our front rug.  It really grosses me out that they like to lay down on the rug everyone steps on as they first walk in the door, but for some reason they love to pretend to sleep there.

Pumpkin Patch

10.1.12

Asher carpenter man. Armed with his drill and oven mit, he's fixing the broken tile.

Belle, coloring her playhouse.

10.2.12

Picnic lunch on the couch with the iPad.  Some days, you just have to take the easy way out.

10.3.12

 Working together with play doh.

10.4.12

 Trying on her firefighter costume pants.
 

Firefighter Asher.

10.5.12

The Fall season has officially been kicked off with our trip to Owens Spring Creek Farm.  We fed the goats, saw the horses and other animals, and went on a hayride.

Feeding the animals at Owens farm.

Choosing the perfect pumpkin.