A Day of Fun and a Night Away...

Sometimes it is nice just to have a night away, even if you still are in the same town you live in.  Julianne had a Friday off from school just over a week ago, so we planned a fun day for the kids.  And by we, I do mean Brian and I.  He was able to come home on a Thursday night and we had a 3-day weekend with him.  It was great!

Not to mess up my workout routine, we got up Friday morning and headed to the Y.  I did my normal time on the treadmill and elliptical and did a few weights.  Brian did some weights also and talked with a few people.  After working out upstairs, we headed downstairs and played a little racquetball.  This was my first time playing and was quite nervous about getting hit by the ball (I have seen the marks the ball has left on both Brian and my Dad).  First we just volleyed (don't know if this is an appropriate racquetball word, but I am going to use it as if it is) the ball and then Brian explained the rules to me.  We started to play a game, but soon deviated back to volleying.  Luckily Brian was okay with that, we both got a good workout in chasing the little ball.  I had fun, don't know if I am ready to play the game yet, but do enjoy just hitting the ball around.  I couldn't believe how much of a workout racquetball is.

After we got done working out, we got the kiddos and took them to the play park for a bit.  They had fun.  William is loving the play park these days.  He climbs up the stairs, plays in the tunnels for a bit, and then back down the stairs he comes.  He doesn't care for the slide, but loves the rest of the play park.

After the play park we headed home for some lunch and fun time.  The neighbor boy, Connor, came over to play with the girls for a bit during nap time.  They played outside for a bit and then came in, played dress-up and danced.   Here are a few pictures of the dress-up and dancing:

The kids had a blast dancing.  In fact, all dressed-up Connor said, "I am Tinkerbell!"  I think the great part is that the kids can have fun together at our house or at Connor's.  Here they seem to play with "girl" toys and at his house they play with "boy" toys.  They are learning from each other each time they play together and do not even know it.  It is so nice to have friends right across the street!

After the time at home in the afternoon we headed to the Comfort Inn & Suites in Chillicothe for the night.  The girls were VERY excited, to say the least! The girls love to swim and they enjoy staying at hotels.  Once we checked-in, we went swimming for a little bit, then we took a break and had pizza for dinner.  After dinner we went swimming some more.  Brian took William back to the room for a bath and to put him to sleep.  After getting William to sleep, Julianne and Katelyn watched a movie.  Neither Brian or I stayed awake to watch the movie, but the girls enjoyed it.

Here are a few pictures from swimming:

William loved "floating" in the pool and throwing balls. 

Katelyn had a great time swimming.  She is even starting to swim underwater! 

The next morning we all got up and had a wonderful breakfast.  After breakfast we went swimming again.  We let the girls swim for about 2 hours before we checked out from our night of fun.  It was an enjoyable night that I will cherish for many years to come!