A fall visit from Oma

Oma and a farmer at the SA Children's Museum

Last week, Dad went to visit Bubbe and to California for work. So Oma came to town to keep us company!

We had a great time. To give Mom a break from the kitchen, Oma took us out to all our favorite restaurants – Fuddruckers, Freebirds (twice!), Bamboo Bistro (for my new favorite, teriyaki chicken) and Dimassi’s Mediterranean Buffet. Oma is good at making sure we don’t go hungry!

A couple of the highlights of our visit were short road trips to San Antonio and Elgin.

Saturday we headed to San Antonio for a visit to the Children’s Museum. It was pretty different from our previous trips there. 

Mitch on a horse

Turner was really into it, for the first time. From the minute we got there, he found things he really liked playing with. He liked the cows and chickens, and when we showed him the pretend grocery store and carts, he went crazy. He stole our cart and ran off with it, and Oma and Mom had to drag him out of there to see the rest of the museum. He also really liked the airplane, toy trains, watching the fish tanks and the toddler section.

Another first was all three of us were really interested in a ball exhibit they have at the museum entrance/exit. Usually we ignore it, but we played there almost as long as we played in the grocery. It was a blast. It was the last thing we hit, as we were leaving, and Mom and Oma had to cut us off because we’d been there almost four hours, longer than we’ve ever been there before.

Kiddie Acres

We next headed out to Oma’s favorite, the nearby military base, then had dinner at EZ’s before Mom and Hazel ran in to the new San Antonio Trader Joe’s. We all were pretty excited about the treats we brought home.

Sunday was our trip to Elgin for a Veteran’s Day celebration. First we watched a short parade, which Oma was happy about. Then we headed to the VFW, which was really entertaining. They fed us, then we looked at a helicopter and Mitch rode a huge horse! Mom was super excited to see Mitch in action. Afterward, Mitch told us you just have to hold on tight. He really liked it.

Mitch on a pony at Kiddie Acres

Another highlight of Oma’s visit was when we headed to Kiddie Acres, a favorite of ours. It’s a small amusement park near our house. Here’s an article about it. We rode all the rides and I rode a pony.

It was really a great visit with Oma, and we’re already looking forward to her next visit.

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