Zoo - Boo!

Aaaaahhh! Their underwater with the hippos!
Even after drying on the hotel air conditioner all night, my shoes & Alex's sneakers were too wet to wear all day at the zoo today, so we detoured to Target & purchased two pair of sneakers and socks for me & socks for Campbell.

Onward to the San Antonio Zoo.

Once again we enjoyed beautiful fall weather. The animals were out & about and the kids expressions and explanations of the animals were priceless.

Highlights included seeing the hippos being fed, the black panther, monkeys (of course), birds of every kind, porcupines, snakes, and on & on. There was no giraffe, camel or guinea pig :). Here are some pictures to tell the story.
Conleigh brushing the goat at the petting zoo. This picture is of Conleigh & Alex, oops! I mean two goats with their horns locked! :)
A Victoria Crowned pigeon (above w/Campbell & mommy).
Beautiful bird...don't know what it was!
Momma with her chickadees outside the small aquarium.
Daddy & the kids enjoying an ice cream break!
We found a homegrown Mexican restaurant to hit before heading back to Austin. Home Sweet Home.

Gettin' Away

We had a great family getaway this weekend to San Antonio. Yesterday we spent the day at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. The children were very excited when we told them yesterday morning. The weather was beautiful and we were not in a hurry (which always helps). We lucked out, and I had told our neighbor on Friday night that we were planning to go the next day & she had 2 complimentary tickets that expire in November, so she shared them with us. Score! That was a nice price break because Looney Tunes are crazy on the pricing of food. Plus, I didn't realize there were so many games in there. Poor Alex was tortured all day because we said no to playing said games. As a compromise, instead of him trying to pop a balloon with a dart yesterday to win a cheap stuffed shark, we are going to attempt to play a similar game at his birthday party in two weeks.
Conleigh is our roller coaster rider. She & Peter rode the Road Runner Express and she loved it, so last night before we left, she & I went back and rode it two times. It was a really fun, and not over the top coaster.
Alex is definitely not a roller coaster rider. He was pretty conservative in his willingness to try things.
Some of the highlights of the day were trick or treating with Scooby Doo, the Scooby Doo Haunted Mansion ride, The Gulley Washer and bumper cars. Campbell wasn't quite tall enough to ride the bumper cars, but she was a good sport about waiting. Our family after getting completely soaked on the Gulley Washer.

After being at Disneyland in March, Peter & I were less than impressed with the cleanliness of Six Flags, the customer service (one person was running most all of the rides), and the upkeep of the property. The children didn't notice and had a terrific time.

We stayed in a Marriott nearby. We've come to terms with the fact that we need five places in beds for people to sleep. We are not a family of four. Thankfully, we've found the SpringHill Suites and it accomodates us beautifully (we stayed there in Cali in March as well). Even with five pillows on six perfectly sized places to sleep, we had to rearrange a bit. Campbell slept with Peter, and Alex slept with me. Conleigh almost always insists on her own bed all the time. Sweet Alex was happy that we got to share last night, and going to bed he said, "yay. We can cuddle." Heaven for a mommy to hear.
Zoo adventures tomorrow.

Guess where we went this week?

That was an easy one, wasn't it. The Zoo of course. It was a pretty rustic kinda place out near Bastrop. It was a great outing though with our friends Bishop, Beckett and Susan.