The Mann's-Party of Five: April 2011

Here in San Antonio we celebrate Fiesta which is a week long celebration held every year in April. It started in 1891 as the Battle of Flowers parade to honor the heroes of the Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto. Now there are tons of events throughout the week and it all culminates on a Friday with the Battle of Flowers Parade. So, in celebration of Fiesta, Brady's pre-school had their annual parent child hot dog lunch followed by their own parade. Each child had to decorate a riding toy of some sort then they had a parade in the parking lot for the parents to watch. I thought Brady's little trike (complete with brother in the trailer) was pretty dang cute. But holy cow, you should have seen some of these "floats"! Some of them were good enough to be put in the real parade!

Brady and his buds all lined up ready for the parade.

Brady's buds-James, Nicco & Robbie

Brady and his float

Heading home after a good day of parading

Brady and buds from his class-Nicco & James

Brady & Nicco with their little bros

Man oh man, this pregnancy is kicking my butt! I cannot make it through a day without a nap and these two little boys are wearing me out! I can only imagine life with a 3rd! There will never be a dull moment, that's for sure! So anyhow, here is the conclusion (finally!) of our Spring Break. Thursday Mimi was able to come with us to the Children's Museum and on Friday, Pa Pa was able to come to the zoo with us. Both places were very crowded because it was Spring Break so it made things a little less enjoyable. But, all in all the boys had fun-it was something different from the normal weekly routine.

Bubble tables! Grayson hadn't quite figured out how to blow yet-he kept sucking in.

They had a separate section just for 3 years and under with lots of hands on things for tiny tots to experiment with. Grayson loved it!

Car/train table he could have played at all afternoon.

An airplane the kids could get in and out of with seats in the main cabin, and a cockpit they could fly the plane in. This is where Brady wanted to play the whole day.

Brady is back there milking the cow.

Pint sized grocery store. There were cash registers and things too for the kids to check out at and buy their groceries.

They had a science experiment/presentation called Elephant toothpaste. She mixed some chemicals together and when they reacted together they made a bunch of this foamy stuff.

She asked the kids if they were ready and Brady clapped and giggled. He was so excited! Too cute!

And here is the final product. Elephant toothpaste.

San Antonio Zoo. Not the greatest zoo (especially just after having lived in DC and visiting the National Zoo), but we were able to see a few animals up close and in person. It was very hot and crowded and we only had a few hours to play. By the time we got there it was after noon and the bears and lions and tigers were all inside keeping cool and napping. We were bummed.