Staycation #2

My kids love these. And, Zane told me that I am as excited as they are, but I try to keep my cool. I really do just love staying at a hotel. It's amazing how you can be 20 minutes from your house and feel like you are so far from the responsibilities from home.

FRIDAY

We left on Friday to stay at the Spring Hill Suites downtown. Before we checked in we went and ate lunch at Five Guys.

Then, we headed to downtown Jeffersonville, IN (right over the bridge) for a tour of Schimpff's Confectionery. That was "sweet." In the tour they made cinnamon red hots that they let us sample. We stayed after the tour to have rootbeer floats and shakes at their lunch counter and let the kids pick out a few treats. Trevor said, "If our trip ends right now, this has been awesome." And, we hadn't even checked in to the hotel yet. After we were filled up on candy and sweets, we went to check in to our hotel. The kids bounced on the beds a bit and then put their suits on to go swimming.

We ate dinner that night at IHOP and then did some shopping for new shoes for the older boys. Gage showed off his second loose tooth that was hanging on by a thread.

SATURDAY

On Saturday we headed down to River Front Park in the early afternoon to throw a football and play on the jungle gym.

After we started to sweat and the kids had cooled off a bit in the water features at the park, we headed to Papalinos for lunch. We read about it in our restaurant magazine in the hotel and it's on Baxter Ave. It is New York style pizza and it was awesome. We ate outside and enjoyed the scenery of that hip part of town (trying to fit in!).

We then went and got an after lunch treat at Krispy Kreme.

Next it was time to bowl. Every time Mallory was up to bowl, she would roll the ball slowly down the lane (hoping it made it to the end) and jump up and down each time she would hit the one pin in the back, saying "I won, I won!" Funny to watch. After bowling we headed across the street to the mall to roam around.

Then it was back to the hotel to rest up before the Bat's Baseball Game. We had great seats on the first base side - perfect for the game and even better for the fireworks on the river after the game. The Gilberts were there as well, so we sat by them for the firework show. Oh, and that night we were eating popcorn in bed and Gage swallowed his loose tooth. For the count, that's two teeth in a week gone!

On Sunday we took our time checking out and made it home in time to rest and relax after a great two days together. Of course there was a bit of fighting and some disagreements along the way, but that staycation lived up to the hype we had been giving it before it came time to go. I would love to do it again this summer, but in the mean time I will try to plan which part of Louisville we will stay in next!