Coffins on Parade 2013

We love heading out to the Riverwalk, its so much fun and somethings always happening. On this night we went to check out an event we have been to many times! We went to see coffins On Parade! 

No dont worry there not real coffins and also this is a very family friendly event. Theres just fun music and lights and people dressed in fun costumes. Sometimes they throw candy and little trinkets like necklaces and Halloween themed items. Theres some dancing and plenty of glowing. The river barges go around the river walk route twice. Its a great way to spend an afternoon and major plus... Its FREE! 

Here are some photos from this years Coffins On Parade at The San Antonio Riverwalk: 

(I wish there was more photos but the barges are too much fun that you cant keep your camera up, plus when the clown from "IT" came out thats all I could stare at) Hope to see you out there next year! 

Having fun at the San Antonio Zootennial Plaza Ground Breaking

This past weekend we had the pleasure of attending the Zootennial Plaza ground breaking and it was a lot of fun! It all started with a postcard inviting us over to the ground breaking (It was an open invitation to all Zoo members) and I was intrigued... 

What ground breaking? Whats going on at my zoo? I called them up and they kindly informed me that the Ice Cream shop was going to be demolished that day right in front of us! A Lot of sad thoughts filled our heads but we wanted to be there to say goodbye. Plus they weren't just tearing it down to get rid of it, they were doing it because the San Antonio Zoo is about to celebrate its first 100 years! Wow! One Hundred years and they are adding some beautiful touches to the Zoo. They are adding a new restaurant and plaza which will be a focal point at the Zoo now, as well as a gorgeous carousel. I am very excited about the carousel and I know your kiddos will be too. 

We got to the Ground breaking a little early Saturday morning so we decided to take a nice walk at Brackenridge Park which is right next to it first. It was a beautiful morning so it was perfect! 

The Zoo finally opened and we grabbed our wrist bands. 

We then walked over to to the demolition site where we were treated with Free Taco Cabana Breakfast! They had a food truck there making tacos and it had yummy salsa and drinks all Free. 

After a quick breakfast we went to go check out what else was going on at the site. Here is the Ice cream Shop before the demolition.  

They had set up some tables near there set up with fun things on them such as:
Face painting, some fun animal toys and huge stuffed snakes!

A very, very long stuffed snake that the kids loved getting to know. 

Bats! A bat home, habitat and how they help farmers produce food.

After a while they announced they were closing off the area and they made some announcements and the demolition started. We watched as they ripped the Ice cream parlor apart until there was only little pieces left. 

My son was so excited watching it all happen, most people don't get to see a building get demolished every day so it was a new experience. Meanwhile I am sure there were others who felt very different. Before the demolition they announced that a couple within the crowd were married on that very deck years ago so I wonder how they must have felt. If it would have been me I would have picked up a piece of the deck to take home. 

We then went to go explore and see some animals.

We had such a great day watching the ground breaking of the Plaza, exploring the Zoo and taking a nice walk at Brackenridge Park. What a great way to spend a Saturday. I cant wait to see the Zoo when all the construction is done. You can check out another fun visit we had at the Zoo here. There sure will be many more to come. If you live in San Antonio head on over and check out the construction. If you are visiting my lovely city then make plans to check it out while you are here. 

February Play and Learn 2013

In February we tried to go to Play and Learn more often but sadly we didn't get to. We did get lucky enough to be able to go the day before Valentines day and had lots of fun! That morning we woke up bright and Early making our way to our Beautiful Downtown San Antonio. 

Dont you love the Riverwalk in the morning?

We hopped on a trolley and got to The Central Library. 

February Play and learn was adorable! The theme was red (I like to think in honor of Valentines Day). Here is a glimpse of the fun we had:

I knew we were going to be able to make it so I wanted to make a quick treat for the rest of the kids there. The night before I had put a variety of candy in little treat bags and then I made a heart out of cardboard and used it as a pattern to make hearts out of construction paper. On the hearts I wrote Happy Valentines Day and on the back I wrote from my munchkin. I tied them with ribbon and ta-da! Treat bags done. It was cute to see munchkin give them out to the kiddos. 

The play and learn started off with a story and an Ice breaker (Ants in pants game). Munchkin loves it because they make it interactive for the kids. 

We then went off to do the various activities available. 

They had BIG books for the kids to look through and toys that matched that book to make it more interactive such as "Growing Vegetable Soup"  with all the veggie toys. And "The Very hungry caterpillar" along with a huge caterpillar and the foods he ate. It was so cute and even more fun!

They also set up what looked like a car wash except with hearts! They put the blue path so kids would walk on it but instead my munchkin used it as a food conveyor strip. 

We had a great time at the Library (Yes his shirt says Handsome little Devil) and picked up some fun books and even got to take home a Free Book "Baby eye like" for attending that day! How great is that? Its going to our home library! Have you been to your local library lately? Be sure to check out yours and have lots of fun! 

Want to see our other Play and Learn Visits? Here they are with themes:

Visit #1 Welcome!
Visit #2 Body parts, bones themed
Visit #3 Animal themed
Visit #4 Music themed
Visit #5 Halloween themed
Visit #6 Home themed
Visit #7 Dinosaur Day!
Visit #8 Building themed
Visit #9 The 5 senses themed
Visit #10 Under The Sea themed