So we spent Friday night at my friend Diana's house after the parade. Her husband was out of town and her son, who is 3 weeks younger than Eli, was at his grandma's house. Eli loved playing with all of his toys. He also liked slamming the walker down on her hardwood floors. Sorry Di. Mr. Destructo was on the move and couldn't be stopped. Thanks for the great breakfast!
After we left, we decided, since we were far away from home anyway, that we would check out the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine. I had heard it was fabulous and we weren't too far away. I figure it would be cheap because all we wanted to do really was look around. We get there and self parking is $8. We pay that and the garage is about 3 blocks from the hotel. We go inside and walk around and it is pretty impressive. They have this giant atrium in the middle and one wall looks like the Alamo and there is even a little mini riverwalk as well. Charles decides that he is hungry so I suggest we find something to eat there. He says that it will be too expensive and I said "Look. There is a place called "The Riverwalk Cafe". Anything with the word cafe in it can't be too expensive, right?" So we make our way down there and I go to the hostess stand to look for a menu. That way we can see how much stuff costs before we committ to eating there. The last thing you want is to already be seating and then realize you can't afford to eat there. Well, it turns out that they don't have a menu. It's all you can eat. So I have to ask the question that I didn't want to have to ask and that was "How much is it?". It turns out the price per person is $21!!!! If this were Vegas, I would be tempted. They have shrimp and crab claws and lobsters on their buffets but I couldn't even see this buffet and I didnn't think I was $21 worth of hungry. So we retreated and left the resort. For $8 I expected my car to be started and the heater running for me when I got back to it but, alas, I was once again in the cheapskate area. Oh well.
Saturday night we went to this nightmare called "Merry Main Street Christmas" in Frisco. It was nuts! They had horse drawn carriege rides right through the area where people were walking. There were often shouts of "Coming through" and "Watch your step" and "Move it" mingled with Christmas carols. It was cold and crowded and Eli was mad he couldn't get down and walk around. We did what any other American family would do, we escaped to the mall. There Eli was able to frolick in the indoor playground. Good times!
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p.s. This is a pic from the resort.
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