Thursday afternoon I finished my ironing and made a huge dent in my “to do” box. I even got my eyebrows waxed with my sisters, an outing long overdue. It’s amazing how much you can accomplish when you aren’t interrupted every thirty seconds.
In the meantime, Russ and the girls enjoyed a country festival, at a venue called Thanksgiving Point (surely familiar to Utahans reading this).
Friday morning we accomplished some much needed chores, like buying a soon-to-be-needed winter coat for myself and salt for the water softener. (I was afraid to haul those forty-pound bags around on my own with Camille in one arm.) We then let the girls play castle to their hearts’ content while Camille napped. Vacations can be so nice.
Friday evening we met Russ’s cousin (Marianne) and her family to attend the “Scarecrow Festival” (also at Thanksgiving Point). The only problem was that I hadn’t anticipated how cold it would get after dark. The weather was very mild when we left the house, and Elodie and I set out in sandals. Brrr. They didn’t keep us very warm we got to the festival. Fortunately, Elodie likes things “coldie,” so she didn’t seem to notice.
The kids spent most of the evening jumping in bouncy castles and sliding down inflatable slides of every imaginable form (whale, dolphin, Pirates of the Caribbean). Madeleine and I even went through a “junior haunted house.” It was pretty tame, and Madeleine said she wasn’t scared. However, we weren’t about to take the easily-scared Elodie in with us.
Madeleine finished the evening by getting a very cute pumpkin painted on her face. The effort didn’t last long as she wiped it off as soon as we got in the car. Oh well.
In the meantime, Russ and the girls enjoyed a country festival, at a venue called Thanksgiving Point (surely familiar to Utahans reading this).
Friday morning we accomplished some much needed chores, like buying a soon-to-be-needed winter coat for myself and salt for the water softener. (I was afraid to haul those forty-pound bags around on my own with Camille in one arm.) We then let the girls play castle to their hearts’ content while Camille napped. Vacations can be so nice.
Friday evening we met Russ’s cousin (Marianne) and her family to attend the “Scarecrow Festival” (also at Thanksgiving Point). The only problem was that I hadn’t anticipated how cold it would get after dark. The weather was very mild when we left the house, and Elodie and I set out in sandals. Brrr. They didn’t keep us very warm we got to the festival. Fortunately, Elodie likes things “coldie,” so she didn’t seem to notice.
The kids spent most of the evening jumping in bouncy castles and sliding down inflatable slides of every imaginable form (whale, dolphin, Pirates of the Caribbean). Madeleine and I even went through a “junior haunted house.” It was pretty tame, and Madeleine said she wasn’t scared. However, we weren’t about to take the easily-scared Elodie in with us.
Madeleine finished the evening by getting a very cute pumpkin painted on her face. The effort didn’t last long as she wiped it off as soon as we got in the car. Oh well.
We spent the night at a hotel in Salt Lake. Madeleine and Elodie LOVE hotels, so we decided to splurge. The two of them stayed up way too late and were way too wild. In the meantime, I had a horrible night sleeping with Camille who wakes up very thirty minutes, cries for ten seconds, and then goes back to sleep. Overall, no one got much sleep, but the older girls had a lot of fun.
After our complimentary breakfast (where Elodie ate boxed cereal that Russ bought at the grocery story the day before), we swam in the hotel pool. The pool was another HUGE attraction for us because Elodie and Camille have been banned for months from public pools in Utah, due to an outbreak of some parasite. They were so excited to finally dive in. All of them had a great time, and we loved having the pool all to ourselves.
After getting ourselves bathed, dressed, and checked out, we headed to the Gateway Shopping Center in downtown Salt Lake. There we visited the “Gateway Discovery,” a new children’s museum. It was a pricey outing (they charged us EACH $9.50, including little Camille), but the kids had such a great time. They shopped at the mini grocery store, played with balls, pretended to work on a construction site, delivered mail, “rode” in a helicopter, and more. (For you Oregonians, they had many of the same features as the Portland Children’s Museum.)
Overall, it was a great family weekend. It reminded me how nice it is to have a spouse. On my own, I don’t usually dare such adventures.
4 comments:
I am so happy you had such a fabulous weekend. I'm sure it will be a let down to go back to your normal routine on Monday.
P.S. How do the girls play castle? Do they have a castle?
I got them a Playmobil castle, which I constructed on Friday afternoon. Then they have their My Little Pony castle, so plenty of castles to go around. I guess they technically play WITH the castle and princesses and witches . . .
I LOVE the pics. Madeleine's face is awesome. And I love that Elodie is working as a farrier just like her uncle (or maybe she's a blacksmith).
I loved reading about your weekend and seeing the pictures of the girls. I had a vision of a tiny pumpkin on Madeleine's cheek so was very surprised to see that she had turned into a pumpkin! I thought that was the carriage in Cinderella.
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