Girl Time in San Antonio

A trip to San Antonio isn't complete without a stop at the Alamo!

Last weekend, Mom and I took Meredith for her first trip to San Antonio - we of course had lots planned, but some of the simple stuff seemed to be the most fun for us all. There is so much to say, so I am just going to give you a recap of what was Meredith's favorites and some of the best pictures from the weekend.

• The Children's Museum-After going to this museum, I really wish we had one of these in DFW! It was so great to just let Meredith explore. They had a room full of all different ways to blow bubbles, tree houses to climb in and around, a huge room with a Brio train exhibit, and all different types of stores, cafes, etc.
  

Meredith's favorite part of the museum was the trolley that you could sit in and drive. It happened to be at the front of the museum - I thought we would never get her to leave it to go see what else there was to offer!

• The Riverboats- Meredith was so excited to get to see the water, the ducks, and the boats on the river each time we left our hotel. The first night we waited too late to get tickets, but the next day after much begging from Meredith, we grabbed a boat after lunch. She loved it - so much it rocked her to sleep!

A tuckered out little girl lulled to sleep by the gentle movement of the boat...or maybe the boring over-rehearsed speech from our boat driver.

• Dancing in the Market-We headed to the market for dinner and shopping one night - which meant we took a bus - she thought that was the greatest and begged to go on buses the entire time we were there! Meredith found a fun wooden tamborine that I am sure she will want to play with Daddy during Rock Band and helped me to pick out a tortilla basket. We also stopped in the Farmer's Market but didn't get beyond the doorway - immediately she found a stage and it was over. She entertained herself and us for the rest of the night dancing - and loved it when some of the older kids joined her to do cartwheels. What a ham!

Demonstrating the moves she has learned this season on So You Think You Can Dance.

• The Rides at Sea World- My little dare devil begged me to take her on every ride she saw - unfortunately she is too little to even ride the kiddie coaster. We did get to do a ferris wheel and another small ride, but I think she will be ready for the real thing as soon as she has a growth spurt!

This was the closest we could come to a roller coaster - regardless, she had fun!

• Shamu-Meredith loved all the animals but was so excited to see Shamu. I dressed her in a shirt that had a whale on it and when we went to the first Shamu show, she looked down at her shirt, then to Shamu and was so excited! She was mesmerized by his jumps and flips - she didn't like it quite as much when he started splashing the audience, but all in all he was probably the highlight of the trip!

Meredith loved Shamu!

• Great Mexican food- So maybe this was more of a highlight for me, but she loved the Mariachis that we saw at both of the restauarnts we visited. She would clap and dance along - and even broke out her tambourine for one number.

Keeping the beat to her new favorite song

• Just the basics of traveling-Like any kid, some of Meredith's best moments were hanging out in the room, the pool, and of course pushing the elevator buttons. One of her newest tricks is associating letters with her favorite people's names, so we would tell her to push the Dada button when we wanted to go down and the Papa button for up (she hasn't mastered U yet, but she loves P for Papa!)

Another picture to show off our little diva after swimming.