I Need a Smore!

Every night at our hotel from 7 - 8 they had smores for the kids. JD liked cooking his marshmallow but then only wanted one bite of smore. Guess who got the rest???? I'm having smore withdrawal. I need gooey marshmallow and melted chocolate. YUM YUM

Galveston Oh Galveston

Anybody remember the old Glenn Campbell song? If so hum it to yourself while you scan through our vacations photos. Here was JD's FAVORITE weekend attraction --- the bounce house. It was set up on the hotel patio and JD couldn't wait to get to it every evening.

Here he is coming down the slide. We stopped at the bounce house in the mornings after breakfast but that wasn't any fun. At that time of the day there were no other kids there. JD would say "where's friends?" and then just stand around waiting for some "friends" to appear.

JD enjoyed lounging in "my JD's room," which is how he referred to his hotel room.

We walked along the strand and I had to take JD's picture by the giant monkey. Mainly because we took this exact picture last year.

We spent many hours playing in the sand on the beach. This beach was at our hotel and had nice clean sand shipped in from Florida. The water was fresh and clean without any of the hazards of the REAL beach. We played and swam just like it was the real thing.

"Arrrrr ye land lovers, JD the pirate is on his way."

We went to the sharks 3-D Imax. JD caught a few jelly fish when they swam right at him.

We saw a few real sharks at the aquarium.

We ate at the Rainforest Cafe. It was the coolest place and JD really enjoyed it once he got over his fear of the gorillas behind him. It took a little explaining for him to understand that they weren't really and ran on batteries like his toys back home.

Early Morning at the Mall

JD and I arrived at the mall before 10 this morning. We found this nice orderly line outside the Apple store. I assume these are techno geeks lining up for some sort of i-product that I don't even know about.

Here's the unruly mob that we are here to be part of. And why, are we and all these children lined up before the stores even open???

To see this man sing about Baby Kangaroos and stinky skunks. JD is paying close attention but is a little reserved when it comes to actual participation.

Summer Play Date

JD and I had a play date at the Children's Museum. Here he is pushing the buttons in the train station. The trains are always a favorite with JD.

He also enjoyed using these tools -- Like father like son. After three hours I couldn't take it anymore and we went to have pizza. I'm sure we'll spend some more summer days at the museum.

I was a BAD girl!

I have to confess -- I was a very bad girl. I put a little too much bean juice down the drain. OK OK -- there were some beans in the juice and that was the problem. It cloged our sink. Poor George, Sunday morning he heads out to Home Depot to find something to fix the sink. YES, I know it was Sunday but I figured the modern day equivilent of "the ox in the mire" was "stinky bean juice in the sink." George found exactly what we needed while browsing the isle at Home Depot --- A PLUMBER!!! As you can see our sink now works thanks to a kind plumber and George's shopping.

Witch Doctor

We have been listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks in the car. JD has been working really hard at singing the Witch Doctor song but just can't get the hang of it.

Zilker Park

We had one last day with Uncle Keith before he goes home tomorrow -- SO, we spent it at Zilker Park. JD drove the fire truck.

We rode on the train.

AND -- we fed the ducks, turtles and fish.