End of Days (in Laredo)

I must admit that I cannot recall the details of Days 5-8 in Laredo. I remember taking Pumpkin to visit his Grandpa and Grandma Q at their house, and I also remember taking Pumpkin and his cousins Ed & Al to the Children's Museum on Tuesday (and finding it closed). Other than that, I'm drawing a blank pretty much up until the day before our departure: I can still clearly picture the Wal-mart shopping carts being propelled by heavy wind through the parking lot and into the parked cars. It was freaky having to dodge said shopping carts as I attempted to maneuver into a spot safe from their vicious and unprovoked attacks. hehe

Before I forget, here's a picture I took of Salsa's crack administrative team hard at work (aka watching telenovelas).

On Day 7, I decided to skip the wine dinner at Salsa's in favor of taking Pumpkin to an impromptu birthday celebration for his cousin Ed at Peter Piper Pizza. Alas, Ed's parents and his grandparents all neglected to buy a cake for his little party so there was no "cakey" and no candles to blow out, which was disappointing for Pumpkin though probably not as disappointing as it probably was for Ed. When I mentioned it to QT later, he said that pretty much summed up the story of his childhood too. How sad. :( it also explains a lot!)

All talk of sadness aside, the kids still managed to have a lot of fun at Peter Piper cake notwithstanding. Here's a picture of the happy cousins and their grandparents.


The other picture is of Pumpkin with yet another playrug, this one courtesy of his Grandma Toni... though she may not yet be aware of that fact, hehe. She actually gave Pumpkin another toy, but I took it back b/c it kept pinching his fingers (hence my last-minute trip to Wal-mart and the attack of the killer shopping carts). I ended up exchanging the toy for this rug, and he loves it! In fact, he loves it so much that I rolled it up, threw it in the back of the truck, and brought it all the way to Houston just so that he'd have something with which to play while in the hotel. Thanks, Grandma Toni!