Spring Break

Let me just start this post off by saying that I had this entire thing typed and ready to be posted when I somehow deleted the whole thing! And of course, this darn thing is so good at saving every minute or so, the last draft was completely blank. UGGGGGHHHHH! Oh well, her we go again . . .

So, another spring break has come and gone. If anyone knows where the time goes, can you please try to get it back! It seems like I just went back to school and now I'm on the downhill slide towards summer. Not bad when it comes to having a couple of months off, but not so good when you're trying to savor every moment with a 2-year-old.

We decided to stay home and do a couple of things in Austin this year. Our fun started on Thursday afternoon. We took Anneliese to Zilker Park to ride the train. The park has a small train that takes you around the park and Town Lake. She loves trains and had a blast riding it. She still says daily, "I ride choo choo." I forgot to take a picture of her on the train. Oops. But I did get a couple of shots of her playing on the playground before the train took off.

We then took her to the rodeo so she could see some of the animals. That girl was in heaven!

First, she rode a pony. She thought it was really funny when the pony started talking to her. Ask her and she'll tell you what that pony said. ;)

Then it was on to the petting zoo. I thought she might be a little scared of the animals, but she grabbed the cup of feed and went up to every animal that would let her get close. She kept scooping up the mulch off the ground trying to get the animals to eat more. She had no fear . . .

. . . until this llama tried to eat her hair. That freaked her out a little, but it didn't last long.



After she survived all of the animals, she got her very own ice cream cone! She loved getting to carry it around and of course, made a complete mess of herself. But that was okay because she looked adorable and had a great time!



On Friday, we took her to see her first movie (well, technically, not her first movie because she went with us to see a movie when she was a little baby, but the first one for her to watch) - Horton Hears a Who. All week long, all we heard was "ephalant movie? yeah?" (she's working on her elephant pronunciation!). After she ate an entire hot dog and watched 15 minutes of previews she says, "Go bye bye now?" And I thought that this wasn't going to go well and I was getting a little bummed because I really wanted to be able to see the whole movie. Well, she composed herself and watched the first part of the movie, slept through the middle and woke up in time to see the end. I'd say it was a successful movie experience! I've got to be honest, I'm excited that she's getting to this age because now I have someone to go see the "kid" movies with me!

Then came the weekend and what a weekend it was! Jason, Missy, Corey and Constance along with Brett and Jason's friend Whitney came over for a little pre-Fiddlers' Frolics barbecue. Needless to say, the weather was BEAUTIFUL on Saturday. Anneliese and Constance practically played until they dropped. They were running in and out of the house all day, playing with every single toy Anneliese has.

Here's Anneliese having a little pre-party drink, preparing herself for the fun about to begin.



She decided to practice her frown for a minute.



We were practicing our washer throwing skills to prepare for the weekend. I guess Anneliese has one too many sips of juice (she must take after her Uncle Jason).



Unfortunately, I was too busy having a good time on Saturday, so I forgot to take pictures. I did get one picture during one of the more quiet times that Constance and Anneliese had.



And perhaps, some of us had more fun than the others. This was at about 9:30 Saturday night. It'd been a long day!



To his defense, he did get back up to play a couple more washer games. Of course it took a few yells, pushes and kicks to get him there. ;) Brandon and Jason C. did a great job on the brisket and Jason cooked some really good beans so I think we're ready for barbecue cook-off season to begin!

Check back soon for an Easter update!