believe it, or not! #1 son is growing up.
#1 son made it around the sun once more, moving into double digits... pic above is from the valentine's day cotillion dance.
he has been issuing some big brain questions lately:
"can electricity have weight?"
"if Einstein had a formula for turning mass into electricity, has anybody tried to reverse it to create mass from electricity?"
I'm assuming he is getting some of these ideas from the Gifted and Talented program at school and listening to NPR. He recently got really upset when his brother was making little boy (annoying) sounds while he was trying to listen to a story about centrifugal uranium enrichment. but mostly he's still just a boy, and still a bit fragile.
I took a few of his friends out for lunch to celebrate. we went to gourdough's public house. their food is all donut based... donut burgers, sandwiches and garlic donut salad croutons. I'll admit it was better than I had expected.
from his parents, he received one roll of duct tape and tickets to ripley's believe it or not odditorium in san antonio (along with hotel reservation at the grand hyatt)
we started with a great lunch at la gloria ice house, street foods of mexico.
if he looks a bit banged up... it goes like this,
Wednesday: came home with an easter egg sized lump on his forehead. something to do with a door being opened into his face.
Thursday: came home with a busted lip, something to do with an elbow and P.E. class
Friday: I got a call from the school nurse, something to do with falling off a 3ft wall and landing on his face. he recieved five stitches on his eyebrow.
they have the BEST tacos al pastor at la gloria.
#1 son had received two books for Christmas, a Guinness book of records and a Ripley's believe it or not. I can't tell you how much time he has devoted to studying and repeating facts from those books.
#1 son has spent a great deal of thought regarding the world's fattest man. he finally got a life sized example.
we also did the 4-D ride. I was worried it would be too much for #2 son, I was wrong. he was so excited. he yelled, "THAT WAS AMAZING!!!" as we left the theater.
a quick happy hour snack in our room while enjoying the view from the 19th floor. got cleaned up and out for dinner.
I'll tell you to avoid the riverwalk area for dining options. most of the food down there is over priced and no so great. BUT, we do enjoy Las Ramblas at the Hotel La Contessa. it was a short walk from the grand hyatt.
watermelon salad with pop-rocks, squid ink lobster-seafood paella and caesar salad.
#2 son was complaining, "I like corndogs with STICKS in them!" I managed to derail his complaints by challenging him to insert one into his nostril, he proved me wrong, "SEE! it DOESN'T fit!" then he forgot all about the lack of sticks.
the horchata fritters were really good, as was the creme brulee/flan dessert.
grand hyatt is on a quiet section of the riverwalk.
another meal we always look forward to is breakfast at mi tierra and their panaderia.
we also spent a night at our place in wimberley. we were happy to find that the half bottle terrarium my mom set up has sprouted basil!
pics provided by a new P&S camera that has improved low light performance. pic of moon above was done w/o tripod. (below) the daughter, very precisely puncturing a blackberry...
the indian food grocery store has these delicious ready to eat meals. you just boil the bags and dump them out. there are no preservatives or MSG, just regular stuff on the lists of ingredients like "onion, garlic, yogurt". we can have a quick, tasty indian food dinner for less than $2 per person! #2 son approves, he loves that garlic naan and basmati rice!