Paul's aunt Bonnye and uncle Mark live in San Antonio--about an hour and a half away. We have really enjoyed having family close by and have taken the opportunity many times to go down to be with them and to see things in San Antonio. We usually go down Friday night, spend the night with them, then have Saturday to go and do things.
Glenn has loved spending time with aunt Bonnye. She is like another grandma to him! When we went down in mid-April, she read him a bed-time story--and it was Tiki Tiki Tembo! Does anyone else remember that story?! I loved that book! I can still say the name: Tiki Tiki Tembo No Sar Embo Chari Bari Ruchi Pip Peri Pembo!
The next morning--April 12th--we went to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens.
Just after we arrived we saw several people dressed up very grand and we were wondering what was going on. We found out there was some kind of festival going on and he was the King. We could've and should've met him and gotten some necklaces and such. But we just let him and his entourage be while we enjoyed the gardens.
These were some of our favorite plants that we saw: the obedient plant, the roses, the flowers that look like monkey faces, the chocolate tree and the butterfly-looking plant.
Glenn liked finding the largest leaves.
They also had little activities for kids to do. Glenn got to make a bookmark and color a butterfly to put on a map.
We had a good time enjoying the beautiful creations of God.
2 comments:
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, about the Chinese brothers - (Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-
chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!) - not to be confused with (as I was) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, about a mongoose
I loved reading Tikki Tikki Tembo to you kids!
thanks mom..don't know why I had that wrong, but I changed it.
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