A Little Austin Trip

We just got back from a fun 5 day trip to Austin!  I took the kids early and then B joined us Friday after work.  Here's a list of the things we did--

1. THINKERY
We checked out the children's museum, the Thinkery.  It's smaller than ours, but it had a few different things that the kids totally loved.  They loved taking their pictures, playing around with the picture, and then having it posted on a wall.  

They also loved making airplanes to shoot into the air.  They also spent a lot of time playing with the big Lite-Brite exhibit.  Evie and Elina worked really hard to make a fish!

2. MCKINNEY FALLS
We also visited McKinney Falls.  It was beautiful and the water felt so good.  Our kids are definitely water kids...when they see a body of water, they HAVE to get in and it is difficult to get them back out.

3. MOVIE
We took the kids to see Finding Dory at the Drafthouse.  Who doesn't like watching a movie while eating a bottomless bucket of popcorn???

4. ROCK CLIMBING
We took the kids rock climbing and they liked it so much we ended up there for 3 hours!  The kids were just little monkeys climbing up all the walls.  Eli is especially good at it!  B had a blast climbing with them, too!  He loves this kind of stuff.  We really wish there were more places like this in SA.  Our kids would be there all the time!

5. SNO-BEACH
Whenever we go to Austin, we always challenge ourselves to go to Sno-Beach every single day.  This time we missed one day, so we have yet to accomplish this daunting task.  But we had the best experiences we've ever had.  We never encountered a line, there were no bees hanging around, and it was breezy each time we went!  We had the perfect Sno-Beach days!

6. SPLASHPAD and ARCADE
On Sunday, we split up the boys and the girls for a little extra fun.  B, V, and Eli went to check out an arcade (where they won lots of tickets!)

and J and I took the girls to Sno-Beach and then to a splashpad.  I didn't even change them for the splashpad because I didn't think they would want to get that wet.  Boy, was a I wrong!  Eulee and Evie got soaked!  There was a spout pouring out a heavy stream of water, and those 2 little girls just put her head right under it.  Without hesitation.  They were so wet that Eulee's shorts were sliding off her little bum.  Like I said before, they are just water kids.

7. SHOPPING
We took the kids to their usual place, Nature's Treasures.  They love all the huge geodes and all the pretty rocks and minerals to look at.  It definitely wasn't Eli's first choice, but that boy is easygoing so he'll go along with anything.

We also went to Toy Joy, a toy store that Evie went to last time.  Evie loved being the "expert" on all things Austin during this trip.  If we mentioned a place, she would ask J, "Is that the place we went to last time?"  And when we were a block away from Toy Joy, Evie announced, "Oh!  I know where it is...I see it right over there...yeah!...there it is!"  It was so cute!

Our trip to Austin was way fun!  We just love spending time with J and V...exploring new things in the city...revisiting our favorite places...stuffing our faces with sno cones.  We love Austin and can't wait to go back!  Thanks, J and V, for a wonderful stay!!