San Antonio Fun

Last Thursday, before the weather got all cold and "winter-like" we decided to make a day trip to San Antonio to take Ethan to the zoo and the River Walk.  He had been asking to go to the zoo for a while, and Troy had a bonus vacation day from a Saturday training they had to do last month, so we took advantage of the opportunity while the weather was nice and before our newest addition arrives.

We went to the zoo first.  Ethan loved the monkeys, sharks, alligators, and lions.  His favorite attraction though was the carousel, which we rode several times!  He also enjoyed petting some goats and feeding the fish.

 Ethan and Daddy with the monkeys

 His best alligator impression!

 Snack time... animal crackers :)

"Petting" (or more like tugging on) the lory bird while Daddy fed it nector

Petting the goats

 Riding the shark

And the lion

After the zoo, we headed to the River Walk and ate lunch then took the River Walk boat tour.  Sweet Ethan kept calling the river the ocean, and he enjoyed seeing all the ducks swimming in the water and waving at the other boats as they passed by.  One of the bridges you go under is called the lovers bridge and the tour guide told us to kiss our loved ones if we wanted, so we did.  Then Ethan thought we should get kisses every time we went under any bridge, so we got lots of sugars from our little guy on that boat ride! :)  He got lots of sugar too, because we bought some pastries at the Mexican bakery where we had lunch and enjoyed them on the boat!

Such a fun day we got to enjoy mid-week!  Although, now Ethan asks me every day "Where we going today Mama?"  :)