San Antonio

Josh had his final Spring Break last week, so we took 2 days to visit San Antonio. Its a 3-hour drive from Houston...we're so glad we invested in a portable DVD player. Levi didn't do too bad...he just had a hard time falling asleep in the car.

We went to the Alamo when we arrived. It was hot and sunny and I think Levi needed to burn off too much energy after being in the car all morning, so we didn't get to see too much, but he enjoyed the cannons. There isn't much organization to the Alamo tour and it was so busy, so it was hard to grasp what we were seeing. We enjoyed dinner at our favorite steak house, Longhorn. There isn't one in Houston, so although there are countless well reviewed restuarants close to the Riverwalk, we just decided to get what we know is good and can't enjoy often.

Day 2 was centered on the Riverwalk. We didn't have much of a plan, which is a little unusual for us, so we enjoyed our riverboat ride, walking around, stopping for ice cream, and wandering the mall a bit. Levi was happy there were so many stairs around. The sky was overcast most of our time on the Riverwalk which was very pleasant.

We ended up getting back to Houston at 5pm, so to avoid sitting in traffic, we stopped at Cracker Barrel for a yummy dinner and Levi enjoyed rocking and playing checkers. It was a pleasant evening. It was a mini-vacation, but just the time away we needed.

Build-a-Bear

Friday was simply a marvelous day. The weather was beautiful and we just had fun. We got a coupon for a free build-a-bear animal, so we headed to Memorial City Mall to put it to use. After looking around, Levi chose a puppy that we named Murphy.

Here he is walking out of the store with his new friend.

He wanted to open his friend while we were in the mall, but I encouraged him to wait until we got to the car. We opened the box right away and he enjoyed his friend for the first 3 minutes of the ride, before tossing him aside. Later, he was very excited to show dad his new friend.