Once again, I am behind. Like seriously behind. But because we've actually had several house guests (aka lots of fun and activities) I don't want to just skip those weekends and pretend that they didn't happen.
Thus, I figure I'll do a handful of posts to capture everything that I missed: Life in Rewind.
First up, our recent weekend with Loli and Pop!
Sadly, I didn't get any pictures from their first night in town -- but we had fun watching March Madness, eating dinner (and playing) at Central Market and then just hanging out. After a much needed night of sleep (shorted one at that), we were off for a typically busy Saturday
Donuts. Gymnastics. and Soccer. Duh.
Although I think Little Miss had more fun blowing dandelions after the game than playing (I mean standing) soccer.
Side note, we've tried everything to get her to run (even bribing her with Toys R Us trips) and nothing seems to work. Thus, this season may be the last of our soccer weekends for the foreseeable future. Any suggestions on how to get her to enjoy it would be greatly appreciated!
Then it was time to head home to grab a quick bite of lunch, shower and head out for the afternoon. On the agenda: a trip to the Fort Worth Water Gardens and then to Casa Manana to see The Little Red Ridinghood.
The girls LOVED the water garden. Especially the "Mountain" and the "Bowl" When they saw the "Mountain" they literally took off running. I laughed, followed close behind and tried to snap some iPhone pics. As soon as the husband realized what they were doing, he freaked and bounded up after them. They all survived (clearly) and made it to the top!
Then it was off to the "Bowl" (unlike the Mountain I don't think this is really its name). And the girls were obsessed with it. The Husband and Littlest Miss made it down about 3/4 of the way and then turned back, whereas Little Miss insisted that we make it to the bottom and go all the way around. So we did. And not gonna lie, this momma was a bit scary. Not only because you are surrounded by water but also by crowds and crowds of people.
However, Little Miss and I did it. And in honesty, I was so proud of how brave she was! Sadly, Littlest Miss at this time started to cry because now she really wanted to do it -- but given that we had to get to the play and more people kept coming, she didn't get her wish. Next time for sure!
For anyone in the DFW area, we highly recommend Casa Manana. For the girls Christmas gift this year, we got the family season tickets and have enjoyed each show so much that we plan on buying them again next year. They truly do an amazing job on each show -- and they are the perfect length for littles, entertaining for all ages, and even serve adult beverages on the chance your child is misbehaving and you need a liquid relaxer :)
The girls actually fell asleep on the car ride home (at 6:45 without dinner nonetheless) and slept until Sunday morning. Thus, the adults grabbed some take out and relaxed at the house.
Sunday morning, after deciding to skip church, we headed to the park and back down to Fort Worth as we were all really wanting to try the Woodshed Restaurant.
We had initially tried to go Saturday evening after the play, but after being told it was a 3 hour (yes, 3 hours y'all) wait, we sadly got back in the car and head home. However, it looked like a fun place that would entertain my children and serve the adults yummy food. Thus, we tried again. And let's just say we were all (even the girls) happy with that decision.
Great food, sand and toys for the girls, live music, and a beautiful Sunday day. What more could you ask for. My one "compliant" is that for being as kid-friendly as a venue as they were, there wasn't a kids meal and wasn't really anything that my kids would remotely eat. Thankfully though they had their Sunday brunch and our waiter let me snag a biscuit for each girl and some berries. Little did they know that my girl could probably eat $25 worth of berries
Girls hanging with Loli
Girls playing in the sand
Just some of our yummy food
The girls and their brunch
Littlest Miss being silly with her berries
Tipping the band and getting their own guitar pics
At the end of the day, it was a great weekend and a great visit with Loli and Pop! Hope to see you soon (but if not, we'll see you in a few weeks in San Diego!)
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