Happy Birthday Allison

Allison was so exited to celebrate her birthday in Texas with Grammy and Papa. When Allison woke up Papa told Allison that it was her choice of what we did. She looked through their entertainment book and found a coupon for the Children's Museum. We have really enjoyed the one in Salt Lake so she wanted to try this one out. Since the Museum was downtown we also decided to do the Riverwalk.

The girls had a great time exploring and playing with the exhibits.

The favorites of the day were the grocery store We were all amazed at how realistic the store was. The girls enjoyed shopping and checking out. The cash registers actually worked. The girls loved ringing up each others grocery's. Next was the water room. Ashley and Allison liked putting themselves in bubbles.
Madison played forever with this(not sure what it is called) Once everyone figured out what she was doing everyone was playing. I am not sure who had more fun the kids or the adults.
We stayed at the museum till it closed and then we moved on to the riverwalk.

Seven years ago we took Madison and Allison on the riverwalk but they don't remember it at all. It is kind of fun that they are not sure what to expect. My parents were surprised at how busy it was but we soon found out that they were having a pep rally for the Alamo Bowl that night. We saw the bands and teams of both teams riding the riverwalk.
We also rode past the pep rally. It doesn't matter how many times I ride the riverwalk I love to see all the sites. Now that Madison and Allison are older I hope they remember their ride on the river in San Antonio.

Once we were done in downtown then we were off for Allison's birthday dinner. We tried to convince her to try a restaurant that we don't have home but she chose our family favorite Olive Garden. Allison said that she had a great birthday even though we left her gifts at home. I had all of her gifts ready to pack and accidentally forgot to put them in our bags. I told her that I would tell her what I got her but she wants to wait till we get home to open them. Since she was being such a good sport we decided to let her pick out something at the mall. She chose to get something at Clairs. She picked out some new earrings and a necklace.

I am so grateful to have Allison as a member of our family. She is beautiful, caring and smart little girl. Our family would not be the same without her. We love you Allison.