Big Day

The kids and I got up early this morning and headed to Sea World's homeschool day, where we met up with some of our CC buddies. We had a great time seeing the animals, enjoying the beautiful day and being in a totally different kind of classroom! (Did you know that baby Beluga whales are born dark gray, even though the parents are almost white, so that they can hide in their mothers' shadows as they swim along together?)

It was a good day for us to be away, since we had a showing for the house. One piece of feedback they left for us was that they "really didn't like that the house was so messy." All I could think was, "I can only imagine what you would have thought had you seen it yesterday before we cleaned up!"

When the field trip was over, we hustled back to our neck of the woods so the big boys could participate in the homecoming parade. This is always one of the highlights of football season, and for them, the parade IS homecoming. Clay and Ruth also love it because every person on every float throws bucketfuls of candy. In fact, I have a secret suspicion that the parade is surreptitiously sponsored by the local dentists.

Somewhere between Sea World and the parade, my credit card disappeared, and I had a mild heart attack. Fortunately, it resurfaced once we got back home.

I had to put off looking for it longer than I would have liked, because when we went to pick the boys up at the end of the parade, our vehicle overheated and was in no condition to drive. Thankfully, the parade ended just down from our regular mechanic shop, so we were able to leave the vehicle there, and our sweet, sweet friend was willing to come to our rescue and give us a ride home.

While I've had a (mostly) fun day, I am now completely pooped and ready to chalk this one up to history.

Sea World San Antonio

The view from the Splash Zone

Watching the whales jump was amazing

"Big Show" sporting his pink sign for breast cancer awareness
(Thank you breast cancer awareness month for making pink a cool color for tough football players,
since this was the last remaining piece of poster board in the house at sign making time!)

Mr. Max

Clay loves a good parade!