Day Trip to Southwest Austin

First we drove out to Dripping Springs and hiked Hamilton Pool Preserve. It was pretty amazing:

Fall leaves.

Then we had lunch in Bee Cave. This place had giant slices of pizza. (That piece in Allison's hand is actually half a slice.)

Then we went to Bee Cave Sculpture Garden:

This one's called "Cat and Fiddle."

(This one was my favorite. "First Love.")

Then our last stop was 360 Bridge Overlook:

(Photo credit goes to Owen.)

All along 360 Highway there were hundreds of trees that had been decorated for Christmas. It's one of Austinites' weird (but fun) Christmas traditions.

Christmas Fun

We put up our Christmas tree...

...And saw a really cool light show in Round Rock:

(This was the next door neighbor's house.) ;)

Our Week (11/26 - 12/02)

Both of the girls passed their math facts tests this week and got prizes from the principal / assistant principal:

On Saturday we went to the DeSTEMber Fest, where they had lots of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics activities for school-age girls.

This activity involved using a battery to create a circuit to light up Rudolph's nose. Fun idea.

These are physics majors from UT-Austin. They had all sorts of cool gadgets that the kids could play with, like a hand-powered generator, a hand boiler, etc.

This was super cool. The girls used smartphone apps to controls these "Shperos" (spherical robots) to play air hockey.

The library had a really cool, Polar Express-themed storytime. The kids dressed in their pajamas, made "reindeer food" and a picture frame, ate cookies and hot chocolate, and listened to the story. They all got a bell to take home. Here's Aunt Allison helping the kids make their reindeer food for Christmas Eve.

At a Relief Society brunch.

Rooting for the Bulldogs... SEC Champions!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Before

After

We had 5 guests over for dinner. (The women and children are pictured here.)