Camp Kachina

This weekend the girls had Girl Scout camp at Camp Kachina. Since this past week was my working weekend my boss let me off just for Saturday so we opted to just do day camp. Check in was at 10am and day campers ended at 4pm.

The girls were so excited.

Their first task while I checked them in was to make an Indian headband. Each troop was a certain color feather and then they had to pick an Indian name out of a bag.

Juniors were green and her Indian name was "Fog Walker".

The Daisies were blue and Jolee's Indian name was "Opal Eagle".

Then we split up into our groups. I went with the Daisies since I am a troop leader and Jaina went with her group.

They had an opening ceremony and then our first session was at the fire pit. The older girls read the story "The Indian Paint Brush" to the girls and then they got to paint a totem pole

Here they are painting their totem poles.

Next was a game of Ga Ga Ball. The object of the game is to only use your hands to hit the ball. If it touches your feet or any other body part you are out.

Their next session was to learn and draw pictographs.

We saw the biggest grub climbing up this tree! 

Then we were back at the Kiva cabin for lunch. Jaina said she was having fun.

Lunch was two pieces of white bread, one slice of cheese and one slice of meat with a fruit of choice and a bag of chips. 

Our next session was making Kachina masks

Jolee's turned out cute!

Next was making the "Eye of God"

Making friends in Girl Scouts. Here's all the girls in the Daisy troop. Their all so cute and fun :)

Our last session for the day was spent talking about camp fire safety.

Jaina went to all the same sessions just at different times.

Here are all the girls the entire troop. From Daisies to cadettes.

The girls said they really enjoyed camp and wished they could have stayed the night in the cabin. Maybe next time!

We were all sooooooo tired. We didn't even make it out of the parking lot and both girls were asleep. 

7 Weeks

This past week I turned 7 weeks pregnant.

At 7 weeks I am actually feeling a little better. My nausea comes and goes. I haven't really "craved" anything yet. Only soft foods. Greasy meat, eggs, coffee and spicy foods are big turn offs right now.

I can't eat too much in one setting or it upsets my stomach really bad. I had one bad headache this week and have either had lots of energy or none at all.

But so far so good this week.

No really big changes in my body yet. Peanut is about as big as a peanut this week :)

The River Walk and the Alamo

The next day we got up and headed to the Alamo

Jaina is learning Texas History this year and has already learned about the Alamo. I thought it would be the right time to take her.

The girls didn't seem that impressed with it, haha. But then again I remember visiting the Alamo at her age and not understanding it either. 

In the garden behind the Alamo they were having live demonstrations of different tools and jobs they would have had back during the days of the Alamo.

That was pretty neat. The girls enjoyed that. 

Next we walked to the River Walk. Jolee guided us with her map, lol.

We walked the River Walk. The girls seemed to enjoy this. This was both girls first time in San Antonio.

Next up was a ride down the river on the river boat.

It was a beautiful day and we had a nice ride down the river

Our boat driver was very informative and funny

Having fun on the river

Nice day out to be on the river

Jolee got a kick out of all the ducks swimming in the river

We past a lot of historical building

And a lot of Spanish décor

Then it was a short walk to Casa Rio

It was also our 11th anniversary on Saturday

We enjoyed lunch outside by the river

The girls were way more interested in the birds flying around the tables and the mariachi band then eating their food

After lunch we walked down to the Mexican market

There was lots going on there. 

We watched the Spanish dancers for a good while and then finished shopping

We walked back to the car and then headed back home. 

The girls had a great first time in San Antonio and a blast at SeaWorld. Jaina made the right choice picking a family vacation for her birthday! 

First Time at Seaworld

Thursday after the girls got out of school we headed to San Antonio. It was pouring down raining the whole drive. We stopped at Chuy's for dinner and then headed to the hotel. 

The next morning we got up and had breakfast at La Madeleine's and then headed straight to Sea World. The girls were Soooooooo excited to finally be there.

It was a little chilly and it was misting which I was bummed out about but about an hour after being there the sun came out and it stopped raining. The best part was there was hardly anyone there so it felt like we had the whole park to ourselves. It was pretty awesome!

Our first stop was to see the peguins

Then we ran into this big bird at animal encounters

Then it was off to the Shamu kiddie coaster

At 11:30 it was time for our first show, the sea lions

The girls loved all the shows we watched. That was the best part!

The sea lions were too cute

After the show the girls actually got to feed the sea lions

They each got two dead fish to throw in the water to the sea lions

They were hungry little fellows

Then we walked to dolphin encounters and watched the dolphins for a bit

Then went to the under water tank to see what they were doing

Having so much fun

Feeding the ducks

We took a break from all the excitement and had lunch and then a treat of Dippin Dots

After lunch we headed to see Shamu

The show was great!

I still can't figure out how you train a whale to jump on command

After Shamu we made it in time to see the Beluga show

Once the Beluga show was over we went and saw Pets Ahoy. Now that was an awesome show!

We headed back to the kiddie area to let the girls take a break and ride some rides

Our last show was back to see Shamu for the last time. The show was awesome. The girls loved it!

Our last thing we did before we left the park was ride the carousel.

Seaworld was great. The girls really enjoyed it. It brought back a lot of childhood memories for both Justin and I. I remember our vacation we took as a family when I was 9 and came to Seaworld. The park was a lot smaller then both Justin and I remember. Going to Seaworld on a Friday in the fall hands down was the best choice. We got to see all the shows, all the animals and we never had to wait in line. 

I will have to say Jaina had a great time at SeaWorld for her birthday.