Houston Day # 3: Downtown Houston

On Tuesday we headed downtown Houston. And what a very BIG downtown it is! There were signs everywhere that said 'Absolutly NO free parking!' Go figure. So, we put our money in the meter and treked the sidewalks of downtown Houston. We discovered there is a tunnel that is underground downtown. We found the right building, went down the escalator and walked forever (in airconditioning though!) through small restaurants and businesses until we reached an escalator that took us up to a whole shopping center. Pretty cool. The stores were mainly knick-knack shops-nothing i needed, so we just window browsed. We also went to the Downtown Aquarium. It was fun but didn't think it was worth the money for an all day pass to the rides, etc.

Can you tell we're on our own with no kids?

The tiger exhibit was pretty cool.

These fish were GINORMAOUS! I don't think the picture does the size justice.

Another cool feature (forgot to take a picture) were the tamed stingrays. There were about 10 stingrays (of course had been 'de-stinged') in an oval cement tub looking thing that you could pet and touch. They would seriously clap their bodies against the tub to get our attention. They were very good jumpers too! A lady told us that once in a while they come in there in the morning and one has jumped out and died. Crazy.

And who could forget visiting IKEA! Collin and i had so much fun in this store. Collin with the kitchen stuff and I with the home decor. The store is HUGE but i only came out with 2 shelves and icecube trays (shaped like puzzle pieces and stars for Ava). I would definatly visit again!

We ended this day by eating at Cheddar's (had never been to one yet) and then going to bed. I was SO tired.

Day #4 i did not take any pictures because we just hit a couple of malls and relaxed. On Thursday morning we packed up and made it home by 9:30. The next morning we hit the road again to Nebraska to pick up Ava. We stayed until Sunday for Mother's Day and then headed home Sunday afternoon. Boy are we sick of driving and eating out! We definatly had a great time though and will treasure that time together! Reality will shake us a little bit when the second little one comes along and we know those long vacations will be in the distant future :)