This past weekend we decided to go visit some friends in San Antonio since Jack was away at a bachelor party. Tia Karla and Tio Tony were FANTASTIC hosts. They wanted to practice being parents, so they happily and generously applied their knowledge on our Jackson cub.
Our day began with a trip to the San Antonio Zoo. Jackson had a fun time seeing the animals and the exhibits but his absolute hands-down-favorite were the monkeys.
Surprised? Yea, neither was I. Besides 'burros', 'monos' are Jackson's next favorite animal in the whole entire world, so he took his Tia Karla through the exhibit about 1/2 a dozen times and she's too nice to say no to him.
Tony then showed our lion cub how to fish. The boy thought it was VERY cool and it was air conditioned so we spent A LOT of time here...
He had some lunch, and then began to get sleeeeeeeppppyyyyyy so we decided to call it a day and head home. This kid doesn't have a long attention span so getting about 2 hours out of him at the zoo is what I call SUCCESS!
Once at home Jackson took a nap and then Karla and I took the boy swimming. Recently the cub has decided to forgo all of his learned safety rules concerning swimming and has instead decided to dive bomb into the pool and wished he could hold his breath for minutes (impossible) at a time. It made for a CRAZY pool experience and I'd show you pictures but Karla and I were too busy trying to keep this kid alive.
So I bring you instead a very calming and sweet picture of our boy enjoying his time with Tio Tony. He LOVED his tio and I've NEVER seen Jackson sit still (for almost 30 minutes mind you) for anyone. Maybe it was the fact that they were watching movies, but still. Amazing....
Our night ended with a lovely dinner with more tios and tias (thank you for joining us Reg & Robert!). Our boy was so exhausted he was acting out a bit so I had him throw boulders around to release some energy. Made for one TIRED lion cub!
All in all a LOVELY trip. We are excited to visit again soon and to have them come visit us in Austin! As for their parenting....Karla and Tony are going to make AMAZING parents, and we are excited to meet Jackson's newest amigo early next year! CONGRATS friends!
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