Fun Stuff

We've been having way too much fun lately. :) Now that things have calmed down a bit commitment-wise, I think that I've been trying to find things to do to fill up our time. Besides all of the things mentioned in my earlier posts, we've done a few other fun noteable things.

We went to Fogo de Chao a couple of weekends ago. The last time we went to a Churasscuria, I was still in school and I think it was over OU weekend one year. Ever since then, we've talked about going back. This time we decided to try the new Fogo de Chao (the last one we went to was Texas de Brazil) that just opened up in Austin late last year. I swear that I don't remember it being that good! If I remembered it was that good, we wouldn't have waited so long to go again! The salad bar was awesome. The service and the selection of meats was incredible. We had such a great time. It was fun to dress up and eat at a fancy restaurant. The great thing about Fogo de Chao was that we pretty much got to eat right away, so there wasn't a lot of down time waiting for our food to come which was great since we had Ryan with us. Those waiters come quick once they see green. It kind of reminded me of dim sum with all of the different types of food being carried around which is really funny because next door is the Melting Pot which is pretty much hot pot. I guess these observations is what happens when you marry a Chinese guy. :)

Another fun thing that we did last week was go see Michael Buble. We've had tickets for what seems like forever, so it was really exciting to actually go see him. I know they're not comparable, but Josh Groban is a way better singer to see in concert, but you can tell that he's really dorky. Michael Buble was so incredibly funny. Who knew? He's one of those people who are good at impressions. He kept on singing with a Texas twang and made fun of the Mayor who was in the front row. The opening act was Naturally 7. They were amazing. Their genre is what they like to call vocal harmony because they don't use any instruments or background music. Overall, it was a fun night. I now own practically own all of Buble's music.

Today Ryan and I decided to check out the Baby Bloomers program at the Austin Children's Museum. It was so much fun. The Baby Bloomers program is where the museum only allows children aged 0-3 to come in and there's special programs geared towards that age group. There was story time at 9:30 that Ryan wouldn't sit still for and music at 10:30. The music session was like a mini session of Music Together that I was thinking of enrolling Ryan in. It was really crowded, but still a lot of fun. Ryan is not a shy kid. He grabbed onto and hugged the legs of a few women, he flirted with the staff, he decided to hold a grandmother's hand, and of course got some loving from his favorite Sheila. It cracked me up how Ryan would not sit still for the music part, yet he could stand in front of the giant lite brite and play with that for at least 10minutes straight. Ryan also liked taking the balls out of one exhibit and throwing them on the floor. He really liked the giant slinky piano and the echo tube. We ended up leaving around 11 because 2 hours was pretty much Ryan's limit. We missed the science lab part, but next time we're planning to go a little later so we won't miss it. We're probably going to go back again next week, I can't wait!