I had intended to write a post about our very fun trip to Austin last week to visit Sara who lived in Central Asia with us. Unfortunately, I still haven’t fully unpacked from the trip, haven’t found my camera yet and therefore haven’t uploaded pictures to post. The highlight for N and J was playing at Jungle Java. Can anyone guess what this is? Jungle Java. Only in Austin. A coffee shop with a huge kids indoor playground so that moms can have coffee and chat while their kids played. And how much do you think moms will fork out for this little privilege? Try $7.50 per kid. Ridiculous. I wasn’t expecting it to cost anything, I mean, they’re all gonna buy an overpriced coffee too. So, unfortunately for N and J when I found out the price we turned right around to high tale it to the McDonald’s I had seen down the street. I tried to smooth the debacle over with telling them they could have ice cream at McDonald’s but, they were pretty much devastated. And, I have to say it was a really cool playground. We left anyway. We were almost to the car, two crying kids in tow, when a high school girl who worked there chased us down. She explained that she had forgotten that it was actually $3 Thursdays. I didn’t want N and J to think their crying was what got them in but at the same time a one time experience at Jungle Java just might be worth $3 so back in we went. And worth it, it was!
I’ll post pictures from the fun time with Sara after I find my camera.
Over the weekend we painted J’s big girl room pink and also painted a bathroom that we had been meaning to paint since we moved in. We worked hard but were able to finish and still fit in a trip to the swimming pool and a good hour spent cleaning up a flourescent light bulb that fell on the floor and shattered, more like exploded!
The highlight of the weekend was a surprise visit from our friends Scott and Abby who were fresh off the plane from an overseas trip and wanted someone to hang out with so that they could delay sleep a little longer and adjust to the American time schedule more quickly. I love surprise visits. It was a part of Central Asian culture that was difficult to adjust to but now I miss it greatly. No one in America just shows up, except Scott and Abby. So, now you know. If you know us, give us a surprise visit sometime and make our day!
