{Day 2} San Antonio

Tuesday was our first full day in San Antonio and we spend most of the morning visiting the San Antonio Children's Museum. This is a great place to take preschooler aged kids and it's located right in the heart of downtown so it's easy to park once and then walk to other places. 

Eva was soooo excited to see 2 snakes right when we walked in. Ryan is deathly afraid of snakes so naturally she has become obsessed with snakes.

One of the science rooms had an exhibit where you could build with blocks and then simulate how they would fall in an earthquake. Eva will tell you that "pushing the button" was her FAVORITE part of our whole vacation. I guess she really liked making the blocks fall over.

The museum has a special area for kids under 3. We happened to be there right during their toddler time. This area was fun to play in but definitely not for the whole time. I'm glad she was big enough to do other activities. 

You're never too old to play dress up. Construction worker Ryan :) 

Ryan and I took turns driving a construction truck. We were hoping our enthusiasm would encourage Eva to do it...it didn't.

On the lowest level of the museum they had a pretend HEB mini market. Kids could shop all the shelves, push their basket, check out at the cashier...and then be politely asked to restock their items. 

Trying to make the boat sail through the water course. 

The front of the museum had a huge science ball area. This was right as the crane poured all the balls out.

After the museum we headed to the Guenther House for lunch. This is one of our favorite restaurants ever. We've eaten there a few times before and the food never disappoints. We even ordered Eva a regular full size meal so we could munch off of three entrees and take home leftovers. Best pancakes ever! 

The front of the house. Their family also manufactures the Pioneer Brand foods out of Denton. 

Then we walked around and decided to crash a senior citizens historical tour. The tour guide knew so much, it was really interesting. She told the group that they would be heading to Fredricksburg the next day - wish we could have gone with them there, too! 

In front of one of the old homes that is now a museum. We had originally thought of going to Sea World on this day but decided to switch days because there was a possibility of thunder storms. Good thing, because as we were walking around a huge storm rolled in. We were able to go home and nap during the storm, but it would have ruined our Sea World day. Glad we thought to check the weather!

Tuesday night we walked over to see the Alamo. We didn't go in because it was after hours and didn't think Eva would care to see everything but we wanted to show her the front. We made sure to say, "Eva, remember the Alamo." Know she will be set for life as a Texan.

Spontaneous photo shoot! She jumped right up and kept asking me to take her picture. I got at least 10 really beautiful shots of her. 

We also dined and walked around the Riverwalk. Classic San Antonio.