San Antonio, Yee haw!

So, Jon had to go to San Antonio for an English teacher conference and my mother-in-law offered to drive down and be with the kids for three days if I wanted to go with him. I don't think I really had to think about it too long. At the airport we realized we hadn't flown together by ourselves since our honeymoon, it was pretty fun to not have kids to hassle with. We got there, ate lunch/dinner since it was about 3:30 and then walked around the city and relaxed in the motel room. The next day, Jon went to his conference and I scrapbooked, watched Season 1 of Heroes, which I love now, and read my book. Quite the life. Jon and I would meet for meals. It was so enjoyable and I thank my in-laws for doing ALL my motherly duties so I could play and be lazy. The kids never called so I finally gave in and called them. They all did great. There was one "mishap" on Saturday that involved throwing rocks at each other which I couldn't believe (I could believe it but wished it didn't happen), but other than that, great.

Jon and I walked to The Alamo which was about 10 minutes away. It was smaller than I thought and in the middle of a busy city which I didn't picture, but it was cool. We also spent most of the time walking the "River Walk" which was beautiful. The city has all these shops and restaurants right on the river. They had boat tours on the river too that we decided to do on the last day since we had some time before the shuttle came to get us for the airport. It was a great trip and fun to be with Jon.

Halloween

Since Seth doesn't have kinder-
garten until 11:23, he has a lot of time on his hands in the morning. Here he is watching Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3-D. Please disregard the unmade bed in the background. I have to say he has a pretty good life. He gets a lot of alone time with me although he doesn't see how lucky he is. He'll usually ask everyday, "How many more hours until the kids get home?"







Here's a picture of Seth at his Halloween party. I'm not sure why he's raising his hand while playing a game of Bingo but I think he thinks he's still in school so he needs to raise his hand. He's so cute and so serious about school.

For Halloween this year both Seth and Max decided to be Karate kids. That's easy since they go to karate already. They put their gi on and were ready to go. I almost felt guilty it was so easy.








Tanner's costume on the other hand took some prep time. He decide to be Edward Scissor-hands (sp?) He bought the belts and clothes at a second-hand store and made some fingernail type things for his hands. He got the idea from watching the Disney movie Flight 29 Down, because Edward Scissor-hands was way before his time. He's lookin good. He also had to wear his costume for his Halloween band concert. It was a fun concert and the beginning band is sounding good.






Maddie decided to be Nancy Drew. That's a little tricky since she's just a girl. We tried to find clothes that matched really well, flipped her hair up, and gave her a magnifying glass. Viola!
I helped in Maddie's class for her party. Here they're playing "Fear Factor," they had to roll numbers which corresponded to a food that they blended up and drank. It was a hit with the 5th graders. Tasty!