ACTION!

Messy messy: Ethan's favorite passtime while mom attempts to cook (attempt being the operative word) is to pull everything out of any cabinet within reach. He cooks right a long with me. He always must have a pan and spatula too! BUT... for some reason, all cabinets within reach must be emptied and on the floor before any organized imagining can take place!

Proud Mamma! Ethan and I attended a weekly storytime. After the story was over, (UNPROVOKED BY ME) Ethan pointed to the storyteller and yelled, "TAY TOU!" The gentleman responded with a look of pleasant shock and a smile, "oh, you are very welcome!"

Austin: OH WOW!!!! We LOVE this place!! This such a perfect town to be a stay-at-home mom! I guess that is actually not the correct term. Frankly, there is just too freakin' much to do to "stay-at-home" in Austin! We are keeping our schedule FULL! with all sorts of fun activities!!!!!

Weekly find: As everyone knows, live music is EVERYWHERE here, so if you go out to grab a bite to eat or enjoy a drink or a coffee, you'll typically run into some sort of live something. Well, this weekend, we discovered Brentwood Tavern. Its a local joint iwith an outdoor stage, misters to keep you cool and a PLAYSCAPE for the kiddies! That was our first "find." We had such a great evening. Ethan had so much fun! I have since learned that there are many of these around town, and there happens to also be a local cafe with outdoor seating, live music as well as a VERY NICE shaded playground. Adult time with your kids! I don't know why more places don't do this!!!! ??? !!! I really don't want to live anywhere else!

POTTYTIME!

Well, the time has come that Ethan now has his very own potty!!!!!!! YAY!!!!

Great Aunt Prissy and Cousin Matt visited over the weekend. We're hoping he joins us in Austin for UT next year, but he's still looking....

I hope all are doing well!

King Ethan

From the Austin Children's Museum to toddler Storytime at Book People to the community park and pool to Radijazz, our explorations around Austin have proven successful. We'll be exploring more...

Sweetness: Yesterday, Ethan asked me for some water as I was attempting to finish a task. I asked him to wait one minute, and he responded, "Peeeeeez, Mama?" Yes, I melted and got him the water immediately.

The ship has landed.

The art above with the moveable animals and sun is done by the one and only UNCLE GINO, aka "Do Do" or "E - AH."

Well, here we are! Austin, TX!!!!! Ethan and I are ready to explore! The house is GREAT! It is small, but we LOVE it! The move went smoothly, but then again, we have the practice. Move #4 in 1 1/2 years down, and here we are to stay for 2 years! The daddy is also outfitted with his early 30th Birthday present, inspired by Aunt Irene and Uncle Ryan as well as Big Daddy.... a scooter! He's a happy daddy Jesse!

Jesse is off to work!

We're on dial up at the moment, so you must excuse us.

I'm also thinking about changing the URL to this site, as the "hotinsanantonio" is untrue. I'll let you know.

Take care.