Life as a Yowler

Today was a busy day. Brandon started out with his store training. The rest of us swam while he worked.

We walked around the campground for a little while. KOA San Antonio is one of our favorite campgrounds. We stayed her last year too.

After Brandon was done training, we ate lunch then headed to downtown San Antonio. We took the bus, just like we did last year. They pick up right in front of this campground. This time we had Papaw to help us. The third adult sure helped.

We went and saw The Alamo. It was very fitting, since today is Memorial Day. We thought it would be swamped, but it was actually less busy than last year when we visited. We only waited in line about 20 minutes. This time, it was much more meaningful for Joah because we’ve read a lot about David Crocket.

We got to see some actors. This guy showed us old playing cards, along with some other unique things.

I told the kids to come check out the goldfish. Joah said “guess again mom. These are catfish.”

It was extremely hot today. Brandon got us frozen drinks from starbucks. He got the boys one and the girls one to share. Here was Isla’s face every time it was Brielle’s turn for a drink.

All better! It was her turn again.

Next, we went and wanted to walk along the river. We forgot about ALL the steps. What a pain in the butt with our two double strollers. At one point Papaw Bill almost fell carrying Isla in the stroller down some steps. At another point Caed biffed about 20 times going down the escalator(while Brandon and I were managing the strollers). I literally watched him and laughed, helpless to help him, like the wonderful parent I am.

The river boat ride seemed very appealing at that point.

We saw a bunch of ducks in the river. Isla kept yelling “yoo hoo! Ducks!”

I know this picture is blurry, but it shows the craziness of trying to cart these kids all over big cities. This is where we are at. We could stay home and have no one stare, or we can go create a zoo and build memories.

We rode the bus back to camp, then played at the playground. After playing, we showered everyone.

After showering and changing, we headed out to eat with Brandon’s cousin who lives in San Antonio.

It was great catching up with her.

We came back to camp and put Isla to bed. She didn’t have a nap today, other than falling asleep for an hour in the stroller.Papaw Bill stayed back with her and the rest of us swam until the pool closed at 9:30. Like I said it was a very busy day. All kids were asleep 5 minutes after laying down.