In 2017 you two have a favorite new game. It's called "questing," and it involves a quest master (such as me) sending two young adventurers (such as you) on adventures around the house. You have skeleton keys (like literal ones from Home Depot...see below) and you have amazing imaginations. That, plus a caffeinated dad when y'all need him, makes for hours of questing to jungles and caves and pyramids and dungeons and towers and space. And it's amazing to behold.
One crisp and cool November Saturday, the three of us grabbed our lunches and headed to the Woods playground.
Low-and-behold...Julia and Aidan found a REAL QUESTING MAP stuffed into some of the playground equipment!
Some of the handwriting was hard to read, but luckily I could help analyze that with my dad-skillz. And we found several "x marx the spots".
And an amazing quest down past the playground, under the old bridge (which the map maker mistakenly remembered as a tunnel, but we figured out anyway) and down to the water-front...
We got a bit off mission to throw acorns, play in red tree fluff, and explore the shore and look for wildlife...
But that's okay that the mission had evolved and grown to include some cuddles and selfies and hand-holding and strolling. The map maker might have even intended for that to be part of the mission anyway!
Back on track on the quest, the two of you explored...
...until the trail lead us back to the playground...
where you spent the rest of the afternoon barefoot and adventurous and kind and hungry and playful...
... and that reward is infinitely better than whatever might have been buried under those x-marks-the-spots.
Some weekends you just gotta party like it's arty!
First up, we went to check out Aunt Sham's art show at the Texas Theater with Yaya and Baba and Uncle Joe!
Then we had an adventure downtown with Mimi and Pops!
The day started pretty quietly with some board games...
But quickly we got into some treble (I'm hilarious!)
We went to the Meyerson Symphony Center to hear (and watch) a cool version of Peter and the Wolf!
Check out the mischief, music, and mayhem (and miming):
Here's the low-down report. First up, was an instrument petting zoo. You guys loved trying each instrument and both got some really good noises out of the brass!
Then a little arts and crafts...
And after the show, which featured Mimes playing Peter and the Wolf, Aidan you chose to go meet the cast!
You LOVED the Wolf (who is 100% the bad guy), and were so upset for the wolf during the show that he was being persecuted (after eating the duck and hunting Peter). But, since you loved the wolf, you LOVED meeting him!
Then we had lunch and Kylde Warren fun, Popsicles, ice cream sandwiches and playing with
Mimi and Pops!
Afterwards, you both wanted to do face painting. I painted your face Julia. Pretty dang good!
and, Julia, you and I painted Aidan's face.
Guess what you wanted to be, Aidan? That's right! A Mime!
So symphonies, art shows, arts and crafts, playing instruments, and painting faces all in one weekend?
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