With Cade nearing 3rd grade I decided we better take advantage of Daddy living back East. So I schlepped the 3 darlings on an airplane and came out.
We are now currently on day 9 of 10 of our vacation. Depending on the moment I am either thinking, "Oh my gosh, this is SO fun! Why don't I do this more?" or "Oh my gosh, what was I thinking? I am NEVER doing this again!"
Here are some of my other thoughts, in no particular order.
*It is SO green. So green! While driving into the city our first day here, Savannah remarked, "There's too much trees." My sentiments exactly. But this is nothing new. I love this state and I will always consider Richmond my hometown, but I much prefer wide open vistas to the tunnel vision of trees here.
*I am so grateful to our founding fathers. They risked everything so we could have everything. That is why I feel so strongly about preserving our freedom and supporting the presidential nominee who will preserve our country's freedom.
*Friendly's, an east coast ice cream franchise, is still delicious. I managed to devour the 5 scoop peanut butter cup sundae all by myself (minus a few bites for Ruby). I had no regrets. At all.
*Cade kept mentioning we should go back to Sesame Street Land while we were at the Busch Gardens amusement park. He kept saying Ruby would really like it. It took me a while before we figured out it was Cade who really wanted to go back because HE really liked the rides there. (it was all very tame and not scary. Savvy kept daring him to go on the scary rides which was causing the poor kid serious anxiety).
*Sleeping in the same room as all 3 kids makes me even more thankful for the pioneers. And thankful I wasn't a pioneer. And really thankful for Melatonin.
*Romney supporters are quiet. Or rather, not loud. We wore our Romney T-shirts one day while traipsing around the city, which at the time I just thought, "Oh this will make a great picture if we go in front of the White House!" . I didn't think much of what kind of statement it is making when you go into a city that is predominantly supportive of Obama with your entire family (minus Cade-- sorry buddy!) wearing Romney gear. We got quiet "Go Romney!" or "I like your shirt," mumbles and several thumbs up throughout the day, but everyone who was supportive of him kept it quiet.
*Savannah and Cade have been formulating some pretty hilarious solutions to the country's economic problems. They hear a lot of our political conversations with friends, which we've been having quite a bit out here, and it's pretty funny what they pick up on. Their latest idea (which is predominantly Savannah's) is that Mitt and Ann Romney should disguise themselves as Michelle and Barak Obama "so they can get everyone's money back." We have some clarification to do, apparently.
*Ruby loves to swim and she hates to be left out of any theme park rides. "I wanna go FWAMMING!" she screams.
*I don't miss Virginia's humidity. My face melts off about 3 minutes after I walk outside. Savvy's curls are sure beautiful here though. And Ruby even has some wave in her hair I wasn't aware of before this trip.
*"Why does it have to thunder here EVERY day? It ruins the swimming!" --- Cade.
*We tried to survive this trip without a GPS, but after a day without one (which left us aimlessly driving for 45 minutes in the city) Kyle bee-lined to Costco the next morning to pick one up. We don't regret it. It's humbling to realize I don't know my way around an area I should know.
*Tons of people smoke here, but the smokers are usually very considerate of my children. I do like living in a city where the air is clean and the smokers are few.
*I'm looking forward to cooking in the kitchen. I know-- strange for me! But this will have been quite a long time without preparing a meal. Restaurant food is getting old. It takes a lot more effort to get your fruits and veggies in when dining out all the time.
*It's really helpful to not have any expectations for trips that involve young children. Had I had any expectations, we would have had some fails or even epic fails. But since I didn't have any expectations we've been just fine. ;)
*There's a lot of waste that goes on while staying in hotels. When our bathroom gets cleaned each day, they replace our perfectly fine soap that was unwrapped and used a few times with a brand new, wrapped bar. I wonder if there is anything good they could do with the partially good, used soap? I just feel like it's unnecessary to replace something that was perfectly fine.
*Tattoos are still very much in. In my naivete I thought they were on their way out. No sirree! Not at all. Thanks to Williamsburg's water park, Water Country USA, I got my schooling on tattoos. Did you know Kyle could get a picture of Cade and Savannah's faces tattooed to either side of his chest? Apparently it looks tough and manly. ???
*I miss my real shampoo and conditioner.
*I don't miss making my bed.
*I'm so glad we don't have to write with Quill pens.
On our way to Williamsburg we stopped by the home of our very dear friends the Whyte's. Unfortunately they weren't home. :( The kids are standing in the beautiful field where Kyle and I had our wedding reception.
Gorgeous, aint it?
Huge rain storm while we were at Water Country. Went ahead and let the kids dance in the rain.
Jamestown! Savvy and Ruby met Pocahontas.
*It's really helpful to not have any expectations for trips that involve young children. Had I had any expectations, we would have had some fails or even epic fails. But since I didn't have any expectations we've been just fine. ;)
*There's a lot of waste that goes on while staying in hotels. When our bathroom gets cleaned each day, they replace our perfectly fine soap that was unwrapped and used a few times with a brand new, wrapped bar. I wonder if there is anything good they could do with the partially good, used soap? I just feel like it's unnecessary to replace something that was perfectly fine.
*Tattoos are still very much in. In my naivete I thought they were on their way out. No sirree! Not at all. Thanks to Williamsburg's water park, Water Country USA, I got my schooling on tattoos. Did you know Kyle could get a picture of Cade and Savannah's faces tattooed to either side of his chest? Apparently it looks tough and manly. ???
*I miss my real shampoo and conditioner.
*I don't miss making my bed.
*I'm so glad we don't have to write with Quill pens.
On our way to Williamsburg we stopped by the home of our very dear friends the Whyte's. Unfortunately they weren't home. :( The kids are standing in the beautiful field where Kyle and I had our wedding reception.
Gorgeous, aint it?
Huge rain storm while we were at Water Country. Went ahead and let the kids dance in the rain.
Jamestown! Savvy and Ruby met Pocahontas.
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