We're Back!

Well we weren't gone long though! Thursday evening I decided that we needed to get away from here for a little while So Friday morning me, Fred, Sunnie & Val headed over to a local Comfort Inn & checked in. While Sunnie, Val & I were getting settled in Fred went & picked Thorra up early from school. Sunnie didn't know anything about it until were getting in the van to go (although she knew something was up because I made her find her swimsuit) & neither did Thorra.

Fred had to go to school for a while to get some thigs done so it was just me & the kids for a while. KMart was in walking distance so we headed over there cause I needed some shorts to swim in & Val needed more than one swim diaper. So we got back & went swimming, the girls loved it, Val wasn't so sure but he didn't not like it so I figured he just needed to get used to the idea. After about an hour I finally dragged the girls out (Valden had since nursed & fell asleep) & we went back to our room & found Fred was back from school.

We hung out for a while & watched TV (which was nice since we don't have cable right now) mostly Animal Planet, & the girls wanted to go swimming again. This time around Valden loved it! Fred & I kept trading off turns with him so we could both get in some swim time. This time when he got huingry I just nursed him while sitting on the steps of the pool & he couldn't wait to get back in the water when he was done. He wasn't much for splashing (which for bathtime could be a very good thing!) but loved being on his belly & kicking his feet! He was all smiles & squeals! The girls really liked getting into the jacuzzi, getting all warm & then getting back into the pool(which was heated too).

After we got back from swimming for about 2 hours or so, Val nursed & then crashed(this was at about 7:30pm). We decided on Carl's Jr. for dinner so Fred went & picked that up, we ate then I called my mom to see if she wanted to come over & swim with us. So for the 3rd time that day we were back in the pool from about 8:30 till almost 10, the whole time Val was still asleep with Fred! He wore his little self out in the pool! He didn't get up until about 11:30 & then was up off & on throughout the night...joy for me!

Now to the part that sucked, I didn't take the camera in to the pool room with us last night cause we planned on going swimming again before we checked out...well I was up at around 4:30 this morning with Val & the power went out...pitch black. The sun finally came up & the girls woke up so we headed down to the lobby for breakfast (power still out) They had cold cereal & juice, I had yogurt & juice. I stopped & asked the lady at the desk about the power & she told me what I already knew, that the power went out at about 4:30 that morning~duh! And that their back up system also failed, we were also with out a phone. We go back to the room but first make a stop at the pool room cause the girls are nagging me about it, I told them that even if it was open it would be cold cause the power was out. Yup room still locked. So we hung out in a dark quiet room playing board games for a while, every 20 minutes or so the girls & I would make another trip to check the pool, still locked. So about 10am we packed the van back up & headed home.

Besides the power being out we all had a blast & really want to do this again soon. It also confirmed my thoughts in putting all three of the kids in swimming lessons this summer. Thorra took them last summer but the pre-school class was full so Sunnie didn't get to. But I'm getting over there early this year, there's even a kids introduction to water for babies 6 months to 2 years, I know Val will love that!