Road Trip

After speaking to Jules about getting away for a bit after the holidays - we decided on an in-door water park.  Not as luxurious as FL, but certainly more economical.  So after much back and forth conversations with our sign language teacher (who has frequented this park) - she even called after I book the resort 5 days later to tell me of a great deal and we called up and saved $120(!!).  So the morning of 1/31 - we packed up Daddy's truck and headed on what we thought was a 3 hour road trip - only to find out it was more like 2 hours 20 min. (no traffic). 

The below photo lasted about 15 minutes :-) 

(thank you Mary Pope Osborne for your fabulous tree house audio books).

The inside of the water park was always 84 degrees...... and you could not escape the water (though why would you want to choosing to go to a water park).

Just as much as Matteo did, Chloe May enjoyed Daddy's undivided attention and the water.

Not sure why we are snacking in our goggles and birthday suits, but we are :-)

And at 8:00 the children all gathered in the hotel lobby for a song and dance by the large (3 floors high) clock tower and animals that surround it and a nighttime story by the staff and violet the Wolf.

And with that, goodnight.

Storytime

I signed Daddy up for mystery reader at Matteo's school today - and told him for days that the kids were going to "eat him up", etc.  Of course I wanted to frighten Daddy - all along knowing what a grand time he would have.  Sure enough - Daddy loved going in, reading to our friends and is looking forward to going back.  

Packing!

Started packing today...... the swimsuits are out!! It may not be warm where we are going, but we are going to be warm!  Check back for mid-week for updates!  The excitement is building.

Missing Matteo

Matteo's second week at ice skating brings happy news - he has advanced to Beginner I - which is for children ages 6-12.  Great job Matteo - though I do admit that back at home, we do miss you.

 

Finally, it's great living where we do because of all the activities we enjoy, but sometimes, it's just nice to get in the car and after a bit of a drive arrive at Grandma & Nanny's door and that is exactly what we did today!  Visit our grandparents.  A lovely evening indeed and we arrived home with a new food pantry that Poppi built (photos to come in the coming weeks).

Rain rain

While Matteo enjoy putting dirt in the road to float downstream,

Chloe May enjoyed using her umbrella to keep her dry from the rain.

Chloe's time!

Enjoyed a library class for our Chloe May today - - and saw some familiar faces.  Hoping next year to sign Chloe May up for storytime at the library.

Taxes

As is customary, the tax man cometh.