The other day Daddy had a conference that wasn't too far away and his registration came with a hotel stay...or as Lou and Peaches were calling it, "The Shotel" I had already cleared all the girls to be gone from school because Bug and Boo had orthodontist appointments the next morning so we decided why not make the drive and go stay with Daddy!
After Peaches dance class we met for dinner and then she, Daddy, and Lou headed to the hotel while I took the big girls to their dance classes.
Lou is so funny. Most of the time she is just in her own little world. She was dancing to the music in her chair since Daddy wouldn't let her get up and dance in the restaurant. :P
He quickly realized Lou had never been on an elevator before! Our Covid baby has missed out on a lot of experiences! We'll have to catch her up!
Later she told me all about, "the el-a-va-lator that goes UP and DOWN!"
Daddy took them into the conference room where they got cookies. :)
We joined them after dance and tried to get everyone settled for the night since it was after 9pm. Lou got the closet.
The big girls shared one of the King sized beds.
And Peaches got a corner of the floor.
Peaches had a bad cough so we didn't get a lot of sleep the first night, but it wasn't horrible. The next day we got up, got McDonalds for breakfast (a special treat for us living-in-the-country girls) and went to the orthodontist where Bug had her official last check, and Boo got fitted for her retainer! Almost done! I've been super impressed with the whole Ivisalign process. After that we grabbed lunch, got Bug to school and ran home for naps and Boo and Peanut's school work. Then once Bug got home from school we headed back to the hotel.
Our little daredevil girl ran in and grabbed onto the safety rail every time we got on the elevator.
But she wasn't too nervous to smile!
We changed into swimsuits and hit the pool! It was our first time swimming since last Fall!
I was afraid the little ones would have regressed in their swimming but they both hopped in and motored around the pool with their life jackets!
They had so much fun swimming!
The water wasn't terribly warm so everyone but Peanut quickly abandoned the pool for the hot tub.
Brave girl!
I got in with Peanut, knowing I would never get in the pool if I got in the hot tub first and everyone else joined us to splash, race, and dive for rings for nearly an hour before a final soak in the hot tub.
I think Peanut got these two pictures while we were packing up to leave.
Lou was tired after all that swimming!
This hotel had a cool safari theme with statues and African animals everywhere.
We picked up pizza, pasta, and salad from one of our favorite places and took it back to the hotel to eat. It was 8pm at that point but everyone did great and went right to bed when asked.
We had to be up by 6:45 the next morning to get up and get Bug to school, but no one complained. We got breakfast on the way so that helped. :) The little ones were cranky for a few days afterwards since we didn't get our usual amount of sleep, but overall I'd say it was a great success and a wonderful mini-vacay!
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