San Antonio Day 1

Mamaw and Papaw Windham came to visit this week. This was their first time to see our new house and they were very interested in visiting San Antonio. So we joined them and made three days out of it.

First on the agenda, and top priority for Papaw was the Alamo. Actually that was his only request so we set out on foot from our hotel.
We stayed on the Riverwalk so pretty much everything was in walking distance.
Ladybug plops right down on the sidewalk and wants to know that this was. Of course it has the Texas star on it, everything does.
Sweet boys looking at the riverwalk.
Here is a view for you.
Alamo Plaza, just down a couple of blocks to the Alamo.

Bit of trivia. Did you know that per law, there can never be a shadow cast on the Alamo. So when all of the buildings around were built, they had to determine how tall it could be built without every casting a shadow and that was as tall as they could be.
You can see part of the Alamo on their right, as we are arriving.
Love Batman and daddy walking together.
Front of the church. The Alamo was a mission for many years.
The Alamo website has all kinds of information for kids. We printed out a question sheet and it would tell you where to go in the Alamo and what to look for.

We couldn't take pictures inside but there were flags lining the inside that represent what state or country each defender of the Alamo came from and on the flag was a number of how many men were from there. So for instance, there were 2 from Scotland and 30 from Tennessee and 7 from New York, and 11 from Texas, etc. She had to look at each flag and find certain locations.

Here they were looking for what flag was captured when the Alamo fell. Which, by the way was the Toulea Battalion flag.
And Batman was not much interested in the History. He wanted to take a nap on the bench.
Then my man looks inside the end of a cannon. That's Batman.
Here is a 139 year old oak tree. Look how the branches grew!
My little man contemplating life. Or thinking about what he can get into next!
Sweeties.
Still at the Alamo by a water fountain.
The kids and Mamaw and Papaw.

Loved visiting the Alamo and learning some of its history. Just like much of Texas there is a ton of history and story to it and it made it so much more interesting to find all of our questions and to understand a little more about each of the things we got to look at.

Another shot of a walkway.
The riverwalk. We took a Riverboat ride that evening.
Batman on the riverboat.
And one more to finish off the day. We found a fantastic Mexican restaurant for dinner. Best Mexican we have found since moving to Texas.

And I had one little splurge. We saw a "Life is Good" store on the River Walk. I have seen the shirts before and loved the meaning. So I splurged and bought the most expensive T-shirt I have ever bought but Life is Truly Good. And I can't wait to wear it!

Stay tuned for Day 2. I Love Sea World!!