Weekend Excursions

Each and every weekend we cherrish to the best of our ability. Of course the agenda revolves 100% around Ava and one thing we really love to do is go to museums or sites similar to a museum like the zoo or SeaWorld, etc. So whenever we have a chance we go. Here is a run down of a few of our weekends over the summer! Time is just flying too fast.

The San Antonio Children's Museum Oh so much fun!

Ava the sorter and organizer loved these little colored pegs and really did not want to share them with anyone. We removed every single peg and put them all back several times.

This little area was set up for kids to make their own jungle gym. I had to get involved at the beginning but she caught on pretty fast.

And then we were all over this little gym.

And one of the best parts - bubbles all over the place

Surprise Trip to Spearman
Each Memorial Weekend Adam goes on a fishing trip with his dad. My mom was very sad that she could not take advantage of the break between school and summer school because my dad had to take advantage of the good weather and get the hay cut......so on Friday morning Ava and I planned a surprise trip with my dad's help and on Saturday we were landing in Amarillo to surprise my mom. Even as I said Hi Mom as I descended down the escalator my mom still had no clue she was waiting for Ava and I. It was GREAT!

Amarillo Discovery Center

Now, you might think that San Antonio would have Amarillo's Museum beat any day of the week. I must say in my opinion the Amarillo Discovery Center is worth the trip. It was great fun and a lot of interactive games for kids.

Of course there were small bubbles

And really big bubbbles

And it wouldn't be a museum in the Panhandle of Texas without a tornado exhibit

The Whitte Museum in San Antonio

The Kid's Tree House was wonderful. I can't wait till Ava is a little bigger, she will enjoy it so much more.

But the river outside and all of the picnic areas within the grounds were wonderful

San Antonio Zoo with the Wilsons

Grace goes to the zoo quite often so she was a great tour guide for Ava. At this point we were in awe of the bears and making all of the bear sounds we could possibly think of.

No time for pictures when there are cheetahs in the background!

And Finally............

SEAWORLD

This is a little girl amazed by the whales at seaworld! It is the coolest thing for kids of all ages.

Ava has mastered her mothers fake smile!

And that is enough pictures, let's just enjoy the show.

SeaWorld was so much fun we have season tickets. There is no way with a child Ava's age that you can complete this park all at once. They make it so easy to get a season pass so I am sure that little by little over the course of the summer we will complete the entire SeaWorld experience.

The Dallas Aquarium

A few weeks back, my little brother Tracy convinced me to run in the Rock and Roll Marathon with him in Dallas. I ended up running a relay with a friend of his and it was lots of fun. Most importantly, it got me back into the running mode. But before we ran, Travis wanted to take Ava to the Dallas Aquarium and IT WAS GREAT! It was truly on of the neatest places, but next time we know to plan for a weekday or early morning on the weekend.

The aquarium is set up like a huge tree house and looking over the bridge you see alligators, fish, ducks, and lots of crazy birds. Ava was in awe of all of the animals!

And then we went underground to the FISH!!!! The best part in Ava's mind.

They were all around her. Fish Fish and more fish
We are in HEAVEN!

I think we set on this ledge for about 30 minutes looking at the sharks, stingrays, and other scary fish. It took all the convincing we could to get Ava out of this room and then we got lost and ended up right back there again. So it was back to the negotiating.

Yes, Ava is wearing a leash. She loves to run from place to place so I let her think she has free range but in fact she is never more than 3 feet away.

Easter 2010

We had a great trip up to Abilene to see T-Bill and Rosie's new house. It was beautiful and a perfect setting for Ava's first Easter Egg Hunt! We started the weekend off at the zoo and that evening had a practice run for the big day. With all the practice she got Saturday night, by Sunday, she was a pro and absolutely loved hunting all the eggs. T-Bill liked to make it a challenge for little Ava but she found all of the over 30 eggs that were hidden.

The Abilene Zoo is perfect for Ava. We are all about animals right now and this zoo is not too big and the animals are so close to you that you can even feed them.....

This little guy comes up to eat your crackers. Ava was not a fan of his big tounge, but I sure thought it was cool!

To Ava's favorite part, the Flamingos.

In the Lowe house, flamingos say "Ariba" right Ava? I guess it is always a party in the Lowe house

Easter Egg Hunt #1 .....the Practice

One little quirk about Ava is her need to round up, sort, and then put up again. Sometimes it is a bit obsessive, but I know she will always be tidy.

Oh I think she is ready for the big day!

Grandpa and Ava, Easter 2010, We are glad the weather cooperated so he was able to come to Abilene

We are off

And the 2nd Easter egg hunt begins!

T-Bill you sure are making it tough on Ava to find these eggs....
I was trying to help her find the eggs on the deck, but look behind me, I am definately in the way of a very special pink egg......

" Just get out of the way, Mom, I am on a mission "

Daddy always makes hunting Easter eggs much easier. T-Bill had put this egg in that hole. I mean really, how was Ava supposed to get that?

Taking out the eggs

T-Ray, Grandpa, and Grandma

T-Bill and Rosie checking out Ava's Eggs

Trying to balance with all of these eggs!!

Oh the special egg!!!!!
Ava was all about sharing this year. She is cutting molars so is not in the best of moods and food sometimes hurts her, so we all got to enjoy Ava's PEEPS!
We had to have two bags for the Easter Egg Hunt. Thank you everyone!
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