Weekend Wrap: Austin

We spent this past weekend in Austin and had so much fun!! Awhile back we had decided that we wanted to take the girls down to our old stomping grounds to check out the campus and watch a football game. We committed to coming this weekend so that it wouldn't be so hot and miserable at a game. We had been talking to Nora about going to see "Texas" all week and she was super excited to head down for the game, too!

Janie AKA Bevo

The girls getting ready for the big weekend!

On Friday, we headed down to Austin and got in pretty late; past bedtime. The girls went to bed and we caught up with old friends. Saturday we headed to the Thinkery Children's Museum and the girls had fun playing around with all of the different activities and their new/old friends! I also got to take a solo trip to the Co-Op which was great!!!

Playing in the water!

I'm pretty sure her hair is wet...

Our friends!

Ahhh, campus. (from the top of the Co-Op garage)

Saturday night we got ready for the game and Nora was so excited - it was precious! We put on matching longhorn face stickers, brought the pom-pom along, and made sure we bundled up as much as we were prepared for, which probably wasn't quite enough! Janie stayed home with a sitter. Side note: I can't remember if I have mentioned anything about those pom-poms, but the girls fight over the one with the long stick ALL the time, so I made sure to pick up another at the Co-Op. Now everyone can be happy!!

Once we got to the game, Nora was so intrigued by all of the things going on - the big flags, the drum, the cheerleaders, etc. The crowd was cheering and at first she just had to take it all in... it was great!! And then she got to cheering. We had to explain to her that the players were not fighting, they were playing a game. We also had to explain to her that we do not cheer for the blue team!! She made it until the 3rd quarter and then we had to call it quits for the night. By that time, the score of the game was not close anymore and we didn't feel like we were going to miss a whole lot anyways.

Yay, Texas!

Snuggling up to keep warm!

The next morning we took the girls to campus first thing. After we finally found parking (how can you forget how awful it is to find parking there!?!) we took the girls to see the fountain in front of the tower. I tried to get pictures but of course they weren't super cooperative at the same time. We took a walk through the six-pack and by the tower. After leaving the tower, we went down by Jester (where mommy lived) and by the McCombs School of Business as well as the George Sanchez building, which is were a lot of my classes were. We played on the lawn before hitting up the fountain one last time. The girls really liked walking around and picking up acorns and sticks! It was a pretty morning for a walk, too.

Future longhorns??

We met up with our friends for brunch at Kerbey Lane before we headed back home. It was a fun weekend in Austin! I'm so glad the girls got to see some of campus & Nora enjoyed her first longhorn game!!

Playing with friends while waiting for pancakes!