Farmers markets are very popular in this part of Texas, the one we visited wasn't huge in my opinion called Lone Star Farmers Market although it did have some great choices for foodies and we went home with at least three dinners for that week.
One midweek afternoon after doing my usual research on fun things for kids I decided we could visit the Zilker Botanical Gardens, its very beautiful there and some fun sights but perhaps more for older children, mine spent more time looking around the gift shop than the gardens.
Next on our list was Austin Zoo I had personally been looking forward to this for a while with visions of London Zoo and Marwell Zoo in mind however Austin Zoo is also an animal sanctuary and a non-government funded project and is completely run by donations only.
With this mind the volunteers must be amazing because all the animals look well fed, clean and as happy as any caged animal can look however the cages look what I can only describe as rickety not the end of the world you might think until we came across tigers, a bear and pacing wolves only the leopard had a completely enclosed cage on a positive note it was amazing the girls could see the animals at such close range....
Independence Day 4th July - a completely new type of bank holiday for us Brits! I googled how to educate young children about why American people celebrate Independence Day and we were invited by E's school friends to Austin Country Club's 4th of July celebrations a completely family friendly event, buffet food, face painters, bouncy castles, clowns etc then a short walk to their golf course by the lake to watch the skydivers landing and throwing sweets everywhere to the much awaited fireworks.
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