Sunday, April 3, 2011
San Antonio Riverwalk
We did it...finally. We've only lived here four months and we finally did the most touristy thing there is to do here! What is it, you ask? We went on a family boat ride down the San Antonio River. ha! Here's some photos:
The Kiddos Visit Sea World
While my mom visited in March, we took a trip to Sea World! Man, the kids had fun! Jillian fell in love with the dolphins...Holden the sharks...and Kepler the killer whales.
It's funny how each liked something different! It's neat having Sea World so close--its only a 30 minute drive from our house. I do remember Sea World as a kid and didn't know it was such a chore...pushing three kids in a rent-a-stroller on a hot and humid San Antonio day isn't quite the Sea World I remember as a kiddo! I mentioned that to my mom and she had a good laugh! Plans are to visit again in July....JULY!! At least there's a waterpark there and we can cool down a bit!
Long Time, No Post
So...I've had a few requests (ahem, Pattee and Marcy) for more posts. Geez, like I have nothing better to do than entertain you folks! ha! I'd like to say that since my last post I won the lottery and traveled the world for the past two months....believe it if you want to!
The kids are doing well. Jillian is reading books faster than they are being printed. And to think I was worried about her progress. She has straight As (surprise) and is maintaining over 100% in spelling. At least she didn't get spelling skills from her Aunt Joby! Holden surprised me with wanting to take flowers to a little girl at school. Her name is Katie. Then I learned he wanted to take more to Hannah. He says he's got three girlfriends...Gracie (from Utah) and now Katie and Hannah. I wonder if they know they're betrothed! Kepler continues to entertain me daily. Just today he didn't want to get dressed and when I tried to force him, he turned and told me, "I said NO, mommy." Oy. Flash forward 14 years. I'm in for it, brother!
My fourth kid (he's 41) is doing well in school also. He's maintaining a 93% overall and is tied with only a few others for #4--out of 62. And, he's outlasted the original 74...12 students have either failed out or voluntarily exited the program. I do hear a little bit of bitching about the volume of information he's forced to learn...I can't say I blame him. He's been in school for 12 weeks and has had 17 exams. SEVENTEEN. Let's look at the bright side, though, he's only got 835 days left! ha
I'm good too, I suppose! I'm getting in the groove of cakes and cards again, so that's keeping me sane....or insane....can't figure out what it's doing, but it's passing Texas time quickly!
So that's us in a nutshell. That's a pretty big nutshell!
The kids are doing well. Jillian is reading books faster than they are being printed. And to think I was worried about her progress. She has straight As (surprise) and is maintaining over 100% in spelling. At least she didn't get spelling skills from her Aunt Joby! Holden surprised me with wanting to take flowers to a little girl at school. Her name is Katie. Then I learned he wanted to take more to Hannah. He says he's got three girlfriends...Gracie (from Utah) and now Katie and Hannah. I wonder if they know they're betrothed! Kepler continues to entertain me daily. Just today he didn't want to get dressed and when I tried to force him, he turned and told me, "I said NO, mommy." Oy. Flash forward 14 years. I'm in for it, brother!
My fourth kid (he's 41) is doing well in school also. He's maintaining a 93% overall and is tied with only a few others for #4--out of 62. And, he's outlasted the original 74...12 students have either failed out or voluntarily exited the program. I do hear a little bit of bitching about the volume of information he's forced to learn...I can't say I blame him. He's been in school for 12 weeks and has had 17 exams. SEVENTEEN. Let's look at the bright side, though, he's only got 835 days left! ha
I'm good too, I suppose! I'm getting in the groove of cakes and cards again, so that's keeping me sane....or insane....can't figure out what it's doing, but it's passing Texas time quickly!
So that's us in a nutshell. That's a pretty big nutshell!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
San Antonio's Wildlife
With Jason in school and studying so much, I'm left with the kids alone a lot and trying to find fun things to do. We can only park in front of the tv for so long before everyone knows every SpongeBob episode by heart! I discovered the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch. It's a large animal preserve mainly housing animals from Africa. The fun thing about it is that it's a drive thru! No animals in cages...they come right up to your car! The kids had a ball, as did I, especially when several ostriches stuck their heads inside my window and started pecking at me! Those big birds are not so bright...when we rolled up the windows to the car, they kept trying to peck at me through the window! One of 'em did it like 20 times before he quit. Then we came across an all-too-friendly zebra who put his whole head in my window and snorted at us! It was hilarious...and the kids loved every minute of it! Here's some photos:
The Texas Digs
Okay, Marcy, get off my back! You asked for it, here it is!!
The front room
Entryway
Dining Room
Dining/Staircase/Family Room
Kitchen
Family Room
Family Room (Hi Kepler!)
Family Room (Kep's naked bum!)
Loft (Bree's Crafts in foreground, kids playroom in back)
Craft Heaven
Jill-Dawg's Room
Kepler's Space
Holden's Room
Kids' Bathroom
The Master Suite
This is officially the biggest bedroom Jason and I have ever had. Our bed looks like a twin in here!
Master Bath
Failed Blogs
For those of you who don't already know, I'm a HUGE fan of failed blogs. I love this stuff. It takes all kinds to make the world go round, as we find out via People of Walmart, Engrish, Passive Aggressive Refrigerator Notes, etc. Lately my favorite (Engrish) has produced only a few winners. I only hope you find these gems as funny as I do!
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