Jonathan has been working like a dog the past couple of weeks and will be gone almost all of next week, so I decided we needed some family fun this weekend. Saturday morning Jonathan took William to do some manly things together...go to the donut shop, get my oil changed and a car wash, grab some cash for the weekend and some baby food. We then drove about 15 miles north of Waco to a place called Homestead Heritage.
If you are ever traveling on I-35 between Dallas and Austin, I highly recommend stopping in for lunch. Homestead Heritage is a community of people that call themselves "Almost Amish." They live by all of the Amish principles, except they have running water, electricity, cars, cell phones, etc. (my kind of Amish) The women wear homemade dresses, no make-up and hair pulled back in buns. The guys wear jeans, plaid button ups and work boots. The place was really impressive, it looked like a movie set. The cows were right out of a Blue Bell commercial and the goats were pristine. William kept referring to them as donkeys. I think he is so use to seeing the run down goats at petting zoos, his little mind couldn't grasp the concept of a well groomed goat. They also make beautiful furniture, pottery and lots of other crafts. You can watch demonstrations on everything. Their restaurant was wonderful...all homemade breads, desserts, ice cream, etc. They only use all natural ingredients and a lot of it comes from their own operation. Here is the website if you want to know more...
http://www.homesteadheritage.com/
Saturday night we had our little babysitter, Samantha, come over to watch the boys. She is the perfect babysitter...she's 16, has her own car, lives in the neighborhood and I know her mom. William also loves Samantha, he waits for her at the front window.
I did some research on the Internet and found a drive-in called The Last Drive-In Picture Show in Gatesville (25 miles west of Woodway). We picked up Subway and made it there in time for the 8pm show. It's only $10 for a double feature, but we could only stay for the first movie. It was so much fun, we sat in chairs outside the car and could see a billion stars. The drive-in is one of the oldest in Texas, it first opened in 1950. They had a little putt-putt green at the front, a cute snack bar and the original sound poles. Afterwards we hit up the Gatesville Dairy Queen because that's what you do when you live in Small Town U.S.A. If you are ever in the Gatesville area, you MUST go to The Last Drive-In Picture Show!
We concluded Knickerbocker family fun weekend with church, lunch with some friends, feeding the ducks and playing at the park. I think we got all caught up on our quality time which is good because the rest of October is jammed packed with stuff.
