Spring Break Part II

For the second part of Spring Break we went to Austin.  We stayed with my good friend, Julie.  Her hubby was out of town but we had tons of fun with Julie and Annie.  I LOVE Austin.  Maybe it is because I only ever am there on vacation, but I just love the feel of it.  It always seems like a much more family focused town than Dallas.  So many more restaurants have playgrounds, lots of outdoor activities, so much more laid back... 



Anyway, the kids were thrilled to arrive at Miss Julie's because they have a great backyard.  They were restored by free play outside- playing with the dog, in the rock box, helping with the garden.  The first morning we met our friend, Jenn, and her daughters for breakfast tacos at Taco Deli. We ate outside and then decided to hike the greenbelt across the street, well, as much as you can call it hiking with 4 big kids and two toddlers. Duch fell and got a bloody lip that swelled up pretty big and knocked a tooth loose. She soldiered on to play with the kids.  The big kids explored all over and we moms got to sit out in the sunshine and chat (and panic every once in awhile when a toddler got close to the edge of a rock!)

Later that afternoon we went to the park and had a great time.

That night Julie went to teach an infant massage class and I watched all the kiddos.  We did baths and played with play doh.  I bathed the little kids first but should have had PJs ready before we got in the tub.  Both kiddos were wrapped in their towels and I hear Huck peeing on the floor- I threw his towel under him to catch it and I heard Annie say "pee pee."   I replied, "yes, he is going pee pee."  Then she replied "Annie pee pee" and sure enough Annie was going pee pee too!  I just laughed and hurried up with the diapers. 

The next morning (Huck's birthday) we went to an environmental center.  It was super cool- they had a little classroom type set up where you can touch and explore all kinds of "found" things in nature- rocks, bones, animal skins, shells, etc.  They had a sign saying "Please DO touch"  and Bubba said "that is pretty much the opposite of everywhere else!"  Then we went outside to dig for "dinosaur bones."  and they also have local wildlife exhibits- raccoons, fox, opossum, snakes, fish, etc.  And so cool, we saw Aunt Sara and the cousins there, too! 

We left and had lunch at a fun restaurant that had a playground.

 

Then we headed home.  We stopped just out side of Waco for some ice cream for the birthday boy!  He has on a birthday shirt that says Birthdays Rock and has a rocket on it.  He refused to have his sweatshirt zipped up all day because it would cover up the rocket!