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When That Twilight Star Ate My Margarita Soup Pie on TV {Recipe}

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Me Mondays:

Today’s been a big day for the fam. Baby girl turned two, little boy had his first day of kindergarden, daddy enters his last day of law school and oh, yeah, mama was on TV. 



If you missed my segment on WFAA’s Good Morning Texas where I have been lucky to be on a few times, here you go. However I do have to preface a few things for you first. 



  1. The margarita pie is made mostly out of sherbet, frozen yogurt and margarita mix. 
  2. TV studios are hot. Very hot. Especially in August. In Texas. 
  3. Ice cream melts.
And if they fun in watching my pie turn into soup isn’t enough to make you watch it, check out the cutie from Twilight, Vampire Diaries and Nashville (love that show), that makes a sneak appearance at the end to taste the soup…I mean pie. Thankfully, once we were off air, I was able to redeem myself with the apple enchiladas which he at least made me think were tasty (and he swallowed them with a smile.) So I’m good with it. What do you think? 

Make sure you stay close to your TV this week! I’ve some great news for you! 


A Real Mama Challenge: My Baby Girl Turns 2 and Mama Won’t Be There

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Mama Mondays:

Today’s my little girl’s 2nd birthday…unfortunately, I won’t be there to wake her up in the morning since mama will be off early to WFAA Victory Park Studios to share a real “mama challenge” from Good Morning Texas. I actually have spent the weekend trying out the three Pinterest desserts that seem “too good to be true” are really good or really not true. 

And while the moment is bittersweet since I won’t get to see her beautiful eyes open on her special day or take her to her first day of school, at least I know that I’m doing my best to set an example that when life gives you an opportunity, you take it and are thankful for it. 

…And then as long as one of these desserts actually work out, we’ll share a slice together in honor of her special day when I pick her up from school. 


To make it worth it for both of us, if you are in front of a TV at 9 AM on ABC WFAA 8, I’d love for you to tune in to see how these three Texas-themed Pinterest recipes work! 

  • Margarita Pie
  • Pink Lemonade Pie
  • Apple Enchiladas

And of course, I’ll be these babies on Pinterest later, too (if they are good!) 


Yabba – Dabba – Doo! Bedrock Brownies {Recipe}

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Disclaimer: This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Pollinate Media Group™ and Post Pebbles but all my opinions are my own. #pmedia #PebblesBTS http://cmp.ly/3/8vNxcO. 

Sharing bits and pieces (and in this case Pebbles) with your children is part of the fun of being a parent. However, during a trip to Walgreens I picked up a box of Post Cocoa Pebbles and my son pointed to Fred and Barney on the front of the box and asked, “Who’s that?” 

Oh, Hanna Barbara. We had work to do. 

 Kinda a fail on my part I felt for never airing an episode of “The Flinstones,” until I was able to find only  few clips of the classic cartoon online. Thankfully, iTunes gave us some options to make a real formal introduction, but it seemed like unlike the recent surge in my favorite childhood boy bands reclaiming the limelight, the Bedrock buddies I watched as a kid, had slipped into an oblivion. 


After my enjoying my own moment of nostalgia, I decided to use the opportunity to talk about the Flinstones’ prehistoric period (how people did it then) with a little Cooking 101 using our box of Post Cocoa Pebbles  – with both the almost-two-year old and five-year old. (I’m pretty sure my head was full of rocks.) 

After a huge fight about who got to stand next to mama in the chair, who got to crack the egg and who got which apron (they are exactly the same color), we began putting together a dessert that we later would call “Bedrock Brownies,” a layered “rocky-road type” desert using brownie mix, cheesecake filling, crushed Cocoa Pebbles, marshmallows, chocolate chips, nuts and icing. And you’re right, it ain’t fat-free. 


We talked about measurements, learning patience (all of us during the process), taking turns putting in the ingredients and of course, stiring the mix. Things were going pretty well at this point until my oldest asked if we created another episode of “his cooking show.” Always happy to share my blogging adventures with my kids, I was elated to go behind the camera to direct while he set up for his intro…

 Unfortunately after about the 20th take, I gave up on this time creating the next Bobby Deen. He was tired, I was tired and by this time the toddler had escaped with a couple of tastes of the mix and fled to the living room to play with her dolls. We just needed these sweeties to get done, so we could break “brownies” together. 

 You too can create this Yabba-Dabba delicious dessert that is creamy, chocolately and crunchy. It’s so good you might consider running your car around the block with your bare feet in order to burn off the calories just so you can have another one. 

 It’s a whole new way to eat your milk and cereal!

Bedrock Cheesecake Brownies
Ingre­di­ents
  • First layer:
  • 1 pkg favorite Brownie Mix

  • Second layer:
  • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup gran­u­lated sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter–softened
  • 2 table­spoons flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup semi-sweet choc chips
  • Third Layer:
  • 2 crushed Cocoa Pebbles
  • Fourth Layer:
  • 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
  • Fifth Layer (Frost­ing):
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/3 cup milik
  • 3 cups pow­dered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup Cocoa Pebbles
  • 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Instruc­tions
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. But­ter the bot­tom and sides of a 9×13 pan.
  2. In mix­ing bowl, com­bine the ingre­di­ents for the bot­tom layer until mixed well. Press/spread bat­ter into the bot­tom of the pre­pared 9×13 pan. Set aside.
  3. For the second level, in mix­ing bowl, beat the soft­ened cream cheese, gran­u­lated sugar, 1/4 cup soft­ened but­ter, 2 table­spoons, 1 tea­spoon vanilla and 1 egg at medium speed until smooth. Stir in the 1/4 cup pecans and pour over choco­late layer in bot­tom of pan. Sprin­kle the choco­late chips over the cream cheese layer. 
  4. Now layer the crush Cocoa Pebbles over the cream cheese covering the last layer. 
  5. Bake 26–28 min­utes, until fill­ing is start­ing to lightly brown on top. Take out of the oven and sprin­kle the mini marsh­mal­lows evenly over the top. Bake an addi­tional 2 minutes.
  6. Mean­while, in a medium saucepan, melt 1/2 cup but­ter over medium heat. Stir in the cocoa and milk. Heat to boil­ing while stir­ring con­stantly. Remove pan from heat, and whisk in the pow­dered sugar. Stir until well blended. Add the vanilla, 1 cup Cocoa Pebbles (and 1 cup chopped pecans.) 
  7. When the two min­utes of roast­ing the marsh­mal­lows is fin­ished, remove the pan of rocky road bars from the oven and imme­di­ately pour the frost­ing mix­ture over the marsh­mal­lows. Spread evenly to cover and let cool 30 minutes.
  8. Refrig­er­ate about 2 hours to set. Cut into small squares. Store in the refrigerator.

Get to the Heart and Soul of Family and Food with El Corazon de Tejas

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Food Fridays: 

 Dislaimer: I was invited to sample foods from this restaurant for the purposes of this review. However, all my comments here are my own. 

 And in the heart of Oak Cliff in Dallas, you’ll find El Corazon de Tejas. While this Tex-Mex restaurant is relatively new to the restaurant offerings here in Dallas, the family that opened this neighborhood must-go is definitely not new to the Dallas Tex-Mex scene.


Owned by John and Gilbert Cuellar, grandsons of Adelaida Cuellar of the The Cuellar family, are well-known for their roots in opening the first El Chico and their hands in many other restaurants in Dallas. Taking their experience, family recipes and renovating a beautiful building in the OC from the early 1900s, these brothers have put their heart and soul into making El Corazon de Tejas something we can all appreciate: good food made from local foods from the hands of even more members of this incredible family. 

During the two-hours I dined, I met around 10 family members who either had come in to dine, make our meal or serve it to us. And as I looked around the large dining room, complete with a beautiful newly painted mural of a Mexican maiden and an incredible restored chandelier that like the name of the restaurant, sets as a heart in the circular-like room. Together, you would never know which of the fixtures has been there longer. 


Starting off the smorgasbord was a queso flameado with mushroooms that easily could make for a perfect meal for one, but who can stop there when there are warm, handmade tortillas brought to your table? Then the lineup of food began with all things that make Tex-Mex great: echiladas and tacos! However, the menu also includes parillas, taqueria tacos and some family specialities. 


Once the dishes came out to the table, I already felt that I may need to rethink my form-fitted pants for a pair of sweats. However, like any good experience eating with friends and family, you find a way to make it work, taking tastes from each of the plates and washing them down with fresh mango and watermelon margaritas, sourced from Urban Acres. While both were refreshing, the watermelon flavor tasted like the flavor of summer and paired perfectly with the chipotle quesadillas I kept being drawn to for seconds and thirds. 

There was something for everyone at the table – from vegan and vegetarian options to the more Mexican purist with rich and flavorful mole. And of course, everything came with delish rice and beans (both with bacon and vegan made.)

One of my favorite dishes we tried was a Mexican Fajita Martini – a fun presentation of some of the best things you love about Tex-Mex with guacamole, pico, sour cream, rice and fajita meat. Created from one of the owners’ daughter wedding, this dish isn’t on the menu right now, but it will be — and certainly is the great way to start the fiesta you are bound to have at El Corazon de Tejas.

El Corazon de Tejas
110 W Davis St
Dallas, Texas 75208
214.943.8610
http://elcorazondetejas.com

Get More from Your GoGo squeeZ with Carrot-Cake Bars {Recipe}

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Food Fridays:

Being a part of the Go Go squeeZ squad team has many advantages including Go Go squeeZ at your fingertips! My daughter loves the stuff even though she won’t touch a whole apple or apple slice! Sometimes even the pickiest of eaters need a little extra push to eat food that is out of the norm.


Last weekend I met a mom and daughter duo at Whole Foods and asked them if they wanted to try Go Go squeeZ. The mom confidently informed me her daughter doesn’t like fruits or vegetables and wouldn’t like it. I said, “well perhaps she could just take it to try and if she hated it she could just bring it back and throw it in the trash. It was totally ok.”

They continued up the aisle and then a few minutes later made the loop to the other side. When she returned to the end of the aisle, the mom stopped me. “Wanna hear the good news?” she said. “That’s the first apple my daughter has ever eaten – she loved it!” I looked down at her cart and saw four packages of Go Go squeeZ.

While I get a smile everytime I think about it, I admit sometimes I like to mix it up! There’s all kinds of ways to use Go Go squeeZ, one of favorites is in my hearty apple pie pancakes I made on Dallas Good Morning Texas and this healthier version of carrot cake bars!

Carrot Cake Bars


Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 25-30 minutes

Ingredients

Nonstick Cooking Spray
2 cups whole wheat Flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
8 egg whites slightly
About 3 packagesGo Go squeeZ Apple Cinnamon or Apple Apple
1/2 cup cooking oil
3 cups finely shredded carrot
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
8 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese

Instructions: 

Prehead the overn to 350 degrees. Grease a 15X10 inch pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, stir dry ingredients together: flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda.

In another bowl, stil together egg whites, Go Go squeeZ, and oil.

Mix both bowls of ingredients together and then stir in shredded carrots.

Spread batter in pan and bake 25-30 minutes. Cool completely.

For icicing, beat together sifted powedered sugar and cream cheese until smooth.

Spread frosting over cooled cake and slice!

Optional: To add a little more to this cake, you could add 1/2 coupts of chopped walnuts.


    Mom to Mom: Healthy Baby Food Delivery You’ll Both Eat

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    Food Fridays:


     Disclaimer: I was provided products for the purposes of this review; however, no compensation was received. All comments and thoughts disclosed here are my own. 

    We all have grandiose visions of what amazing things we are going to do for our children to be “good parents.” One of my biggest goals was to create my own baby food for my son so he would enjoy healthy eating and ate more than chicken nuggets, goldfish and strained peas. 

    Unfortunately, my good intentions were ruined with work, unplanned obligations and pure exhaustion of just getting the absolutely necessary things complete – much less the things I wanted to achieve like whipping up some pureed carrots. 

    Now, three years later, I’m here again, with a toddler and a wish to feed her healthy food BUT with even less time than I had with one child. 

    Thankfully, this time I actually have an option: Half Pint Palates.



     Created by mom/chef/owner/amazingly cool gal Tara Anderson, HPP creates and delivers clean, non-processed, globally insprired baby and toddler foods to doorsteps across the metroplex (within a 30-mile radius of her Deep Ellum kitchen.) Packaged in either a three-day or five-day plan, a single day’s menu includes: breakfast, an entrée style lunch, light dinner, two dry snacks, a fruit puree and a juice all for only $17.50 per day. Basically everything you need for your kid’s menu but milk.


     Since as children we are born with more taste buds than you’ll ever have, priming a kids palate is important to appreciate and enjoy certain flavors and textures rather than the bland ingredients that processed baby food presents. So by using local and sustaintable producers, Tara handcrafts her proportionally appropropriate meals by introducing spices, herbs, grains, local meats and legumes (she opts not to use nuts in her foods, although the line is not totally nut free.) 

    A sample menu of Half Pint Palates: 

    BREAKFAST
    Passionfruit Oatmeal
    Summer Tomato and Aji Grit Casserole
    Caramelized Banana Pudding
    Arroz con Leche
    Quinoa with Guava-Lime

    LUNCH
    Chicken and Summer Vegetable Tamale Pie
    Vegetarian Chili Verde
    Sancocho de Pescado
    Fresh Corn and Quinoa Casserole with Chorizo
    Argentinean Bistek with Chimichurri Rice

    SUPPER
    White Beans with Chimichurri
    Sauteed Sweet Plantains
    Potato Causa
    Stewed Yuca and Collard Greens
    Calabaza and Carrots with Coconut

    SNACKS
    Tomatillo, Celery, Lime, Cucumber
    Carrot Pineapple Puree
    Pan de Queso
    Coconut Cinnamon Shortbread

    And remember, this is for your KID!
     I was elated to share a week’s worth of Half Pint Palates with my daughter in efforts to try to change her finicky habits until I took out the container from the freezer and took a bite to try it myself. It was so good, I didn’t want her to have it. I mean I wanted to trade my dinner for hers. (Yes, I was chowing down on baby food that was full of flavor and took all of 1:00 to cook.) However, I made the sacrifice and ler her half it with me. 

     No longer was making healthy food my challenge. It was opening the homemade crackers, freshly squeezed juices with fun flavors like prickly pear cilantro juice and pimento cheese grits and letting her have them before I decided to eat them for my own meal. (Yes, really it was THAT good.)

     How it works:

    1. Clients of HPP go to www.halfpintpalates.com to order their food style preference (purees or ‘stews’), their desired amount of weekly meals and can choose from a selection of HPP snacks and juices as well as some adult treats. 

    2. HPP shops for seasonal ingredients, prepares them by hand, administers a taste test and freezes the fresh meals all within a week of the client’s delivery date. 
    3. All your food is packaged up and delivered to your home in a refrigerated bag in handy plastic containers that are easily placed in the freezer and pantry for quick cooking throughout the week. 

    Like many momprenuers, Half Pint Palates was developed out of Tara’s own want to provide her daughter healthy food options and merging her own professional experience as am executive chef with Pepsi. And considering her husband also works with Wolfgang Puck Catering, preparing great food from local sources is a priority for this Lakewood family.


     Lucky for you, Tara also hosts monthly cooking classes and this month a special FREE Cooking Demonstration hosted by Dallas Moms Blog THIS Tuesday, July 23 at 11 AM at Central Market! However, you must register for this incredible event and reservations are limited. 

     My advice: sign up for Half Pint Palates and order two plans – one for your kiddo AND one for you. 

    Half Pint Palates
    http://www.halfpintpalates.com
    214.208.7908



    Break Bread, Drink Beer, Make Friends with #WholeFoodsAddison – Sneak Peek Friday, July 12

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    Food Fridays:

     Opening the fringe this morning, I found there was no milk. Half-asleep and pretty-peeved, I was able to make a mess pouring juice, so I reached for the paper towel supply that also seemed to have diminished. It was only when I went to clean my daughter’s diaper and had no wipes left that I knew someone was trying to tell me something. 

     We were out of groceries. #crappymom alert

     Yep, mama needed to go to the store, but all the other stuff (like my leaking ceiling from my clogged A/C and the never-ending ring on my phone today) was making it hard to just stop the madness and take an hour to hit the grocery store. 

    If only I had someone to do that (and no, I don’t mean my husband.) 

    And like a little fairy, I found out that the Whole Foods Addison that was opening this TUESDAY, JULY 16 totally has a personal concierge. Yes, someone who will do my shopping for me…but that’s not all folks.

     They’ll shop while I drink a beer at the bar or coffee (depending if I need an upper or downer with my day.) That’s amazeballs. 

     Hold on. There’s more. 

     Your first shop is free. So at least one time you can come in and get someone else to do the work. Awesomesauce.

     So how do you get in on the Whole Foods Addison fun? 

     Sneak Peek, June 12:
    While they are still finishing up on the place, they are inviting everyone – yep, you, me, and all of Dallas, to come on by – have a drink, eat some food, listen to some music and take a look at their “COMMUTER STORE.” (And since Addison technically only has about 15,000 residents, then most of us are considered commuters.) You can’t buy anything, but you can plot your first experience. 

     Opening Day, July 16:
    What’s also awesome? They are giving away 100 gift cards to the first 100 people who show up to “break bread” with them on Tuesday at 7:30 AM. See, Whole Foods doesn’t do ribbon cuttings. Nope, they break bread as a community. And pass out gift cards from $5-$250. Sweet.

     THEN – all 1% of profits that day go to Addison’s own WaterTower Theatre, who will be putting on a performance from their latest show, XANADU (yes, the disco, roller-skating-Olivia-Newton-John-one.) 

     More awesomeness.

     However, the coolness didn’t stop there. Nope, they just keep dishing it out with 550 cheeses, a “squeeze and grind” coffee and juice bar,” Korean BBQ, “flying bananas,” and lots of beer and wine to choose from. 

    Like Kinky said, “Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.” 
    And I think Whole Foods Addison is beautiful. 


    See you there folks! 

     I’ll be the one on the bar stool – grocery shopping. 

    Healthy Summer Crock Pot Recipes To Keep You Out of the Kitchen

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    TV Tuesday:

     This morning I made a visit over to Dallas’ WFAA 8 Good Morning Texas to cook up some of our favorite take out recipes – done healthy! And best of all making them in the slow cooker, you aren’t slaving away in the hot kitchen! So bust out that crock pot and let’s get cookin’!

     Check out my healthy crock pot recipe redos for Carnitas Tacos, General Tso’s Chicken, and Chicken Parm!




    I have lots more healthy slow cooker recipes where those came from on my Pinterest!

    Do you have any healthy recipes you’d like to share? I’d love to test them out! 



    Go Red, White and Blue with Kenny’s Blue Cheese Potato Salad {Recipe}

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    Food Fridays:

     One of the great things about my job is that I get to work with some pretty amazing chefs and restaurants. This means most the time I’ve gotten to sample their menu or at least several different offerings. However, it doesn’t mean that I’ve tasted it all. So this week I was elated to finally get my hands on menu items I’ve described at Kenny’s Smoke House, in Plano but never had my taste buds get in on the fun. 

    I will admit – BBQ is not my first food pick. I can enjoy it, but I don’t normally crave for it. But my hubs does, so we make our rounds to the BBQ joints. But I will tell you that after biting into one of the juicy brisket slices, I was pretty well on my way to BBQ heaven. It was good, flavorful, juicy and just the perfect amount of fat and meat. And it smelled SO good. 


     But I had to move on to try more- the smoked turkey. Unfortunately by the time I got to the turkey, there wasn’t any left. (I had two kiddos chow down and finish it in a matter of minutes.) While I was dissapointed, I still had one more thing to bite into – Blue Cheese Potato Salad. 



     A great play on the classic recipe, this was my kind of potato salad, featuring the pungent flavor of blue cheese, bacon and red potatoes. Just looking at the bowl, it screamed “this is July 4th.”  And did I mention I took down the whole bowl? 

     So using my “insider connections,” I was able to get the recipe. Which is good because I needed to make more of this stuff and being that next week is Independence Day, now was the perfect time. And now I’m sharing it with you. 


    Kenny’s Smoke House Blue Cheese Potato Salad

    4 Lbs Red Skin Potatoes (Chopped, 1/2 Inch)
    2-1/2 Cups Blue Cheese Dressing (Favorite)
    1 Tsp Salt
    1 Tbs White Sugar
    Pinch Cayenne Pepper
    2 Tbs White Vinegar
    1 Cup Bacon, Cooked, Chopped
    1 Cup Blue Cheese Crumbles

     Place cut potatoes in boiling water and boil until soft (approx 15 minutes).

     Drain potatoes and let cool.

     In a separate bowl, combine all other ingredients except bacon and blue cheese to make dressing. Mix well with whisk.

    When potatoes have cooled to where they can be touched (still warm) combine with dressing and mix well. Crush some potatoes so that it comes together and is not too soupy.

    Refrigerate until chilled.

    Garnish with bacon and blue cheese.

    Enjoy! 

    Make a Big Splash at San Antonio’s First-Ever Kidcation Week, Aug. 12-18

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    This summer San Antonio turns into a citywide playground for kids and families with the city’s first-ever Kidcation Week, August 12-18. Kidcation Week provides families a chance to closeout summer with one last jam-packed adventure. Visitors can look forward to exclusive kids programming and events, free entertainment and fantastic deals at hotels, attractions, shops and restaurants.
     
    Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau
     
    The fun begins with a special Kidcation Week Kickoff Party on Monday, August 12, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., at Hemisfair park. This morning celebration will get the party started with a kid’s band, food, a festive Kidcation Week declaration, meet and greets with numerous characters and mascots including the San Antonio Spurs Coyote, SeaWorld San Antonio’s Shamu and Six Flags Fiesta Texas’ Bugs Bunny, and more.
    With more than 60 deals and events offered throughout the week, Kidcation Week helps families create lifelong memories at minimal or no cost. 

    Kidcation Week Events:
    • Bat Loco: On August 13, visitors can learn more about San Antonio’s bat community and watch bats emerge under the I-35 bridge on the River Walk for their nightly insect hunt. This event is hosted by the San Antonio River Authority, Paseo del Rio Association and Bat Conservation International
    • Dessert Cooking Demonstration: RK Group’s Chef Dave will do a cooking demonstration of popular elementary school desserts in Hemisfair park
    • Hemisfair Free Movie Nights: Families can enjoy free PG movies in Hemisfair park every weeknight of Kidcation Week
    • Vaquerocation: Cowboy Day: Live just like a cowboy on August 14 with cowboy docents, book readings and activity tables at the Institute of Texan Cultures
    • LET’S READ! Kids Back to School FEST: On August 18, Main Plaza will be full of Make and Take arts and crafts, airbrushing and hair styling, musical performances, storytelling, book giveaways, an instrument petting zoo and much more.
    Photo courtesy of the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau
     
    Kidcation Week Offers:
    • Alamo Trolley: Free tour for kids 12 and under with the purchase of an adult tour
    • Cheesy Jane’s: Free kids milkshake with any kid’s meal
    • El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel: Milk, cookies, balloons, a coupon for complimentary S’mores and an El Tropicano beach ball upon arrival
    • Hard Rock Café: Free kids meal with the purchase of an adult entrée
    • Kiddie Park and Kiddie Park Pica Pica: Kids get a free cotton candy when they mention Kidcation Week
    • San Antonio’s Incredible Pizza: Free kids buffet or $5 game card
    • San Antonio Museum of Art: Free admission all week for kids 12 and under
    • Witte Museum: Free admission all week for kids 12 and under (entrance to museum’s Dinosaurs Unearthed exhibit will be $5 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under)
    • SpringHill Suites by Marriott San Antonio Downtown Alamo Plaza: Every child under age 12 will receive a balloon upon check-in and be entertained by a balloon artist from 4 – 5 p.m.
    • Omni San Antonio Hotel at the Colonnade: Each child receives an Omnikids backpack at check-in, milk and cookies delivered at turndown on arrival evening and a cookie decorating session with a chef
    A complete listing of Kidcation Week events and specials can be found at www.KidcationWeek.com.

     

     


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