We spent Sunday morning at a park nearby to the hotel. The kids had a blast. It was one of those big wooden ones that is kind of like a castle. It started to rain on us after awhile, so we packed both kids into the stroller and walked up to the food court at the mall for some lunch.
After lunch we went to the Alamo. There were people dressed up since it was the anniversary of the battle. Neither of the kids wanted their pictures taken with anyone. On the way there, Abby saw someone and whispered to me, “He’s a bad guy.”
After a lazy afternoon at the hotel, we went to supper at a nice little Italian place right on the Riverwalk. We sat inside and had great service. The food was good and we were right by a window overlooking the river. After supper we waited for John to come and we walked to Marble Slab for some icecream. The kids loved it.
The kids had the best time burying Derek in sand. Abby put one little strip of sand on his arm and said it was done. I helped out a little with the big shovel and we got him completely covered.
We only saw a few lizards the whole time we were there. This one was the largest and was sunning itself by the pool. 
Cade loved jumping in the pool. He must have done it a hundred times. My arms got tired way before he did.
Cade took his nap by the pool, which was nice because then we didn’t have to sit in the room all afternoon.
As soon as Abby saw the balloons, she wanted to join in the water aerobics. It was comical, if nothing else, but Abby had a great time.
When Cade woke up from his nap, he got dinner and a show. He ate a hot dog, or as he calls it a “bot bot” and watched the aerobics.
We ate dinner at the buffet and then made our way back to the room, thinking we should get the kids to bed early. Cade fell asleep early, but Abby was still awake when the night show started, so she wanted to see it. We could hear it from our room and see it from the balcony, so I took her out to the balcony to watch for awhile. When she came back in the room, she fell asleep pretty quickly. It had been a long few days in the sun and we were all pretty worn out.
This was the view from our balcony.
This is the Park Royal’s private beach.
Derek and the kids standing by the hot tub overlooking the ocean. It wasn’t very hot!!
The hotel had a kids’ club where there were toys and puzzles. It was nice for a change of pace.
Abby loved the candy we bought at the 7-Eleven.
It was a little windy. Look at Cade’s hair!
Abby lOvEd the pizza!
The kids were watching the dancers at the festival.
This Christmas tree was in the open air lobby at Park Royal.
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