we did in fact come back

The Magic House lived up to its name! The past weekend was a blast despite a minor hiccup! Our hotel decided to tack on a $100 'deposit' since we use our debit card instead of a credit card so our funds were more limited than we'd planned. Luckily we thought to bring all of our gift cards and made great use of them! We bought breakfast and snack foods from Target to keep in our room which saved us a small bundle in order to splurge on a delicious meal (complete with dessert) on Saturday evening. Here are some highlights of our trip:

• Friday was spent at The Magic House and we all had a great time! There were plenty of hands-on exhibits to keep Emery occupied. Nolan & I were able to sit back (a little) and simply watch her explore. We can't wait to make a return trip when she's older.
• Saturday we all slept in and then had the entire pool to ourselves! That's a benefit of staying at a business hotel over a 'family-friendly' one!
• Saturday evening we ate at the Cheesecake Factory. Good glory, that was a wonderful meal. After the meal we saw a movie (thank you mom for the amc gift cards). We sat in the front row in case Emery was too disruptive but she was great. We sat her in her own seat and she commandeered the giant Sprite. We don't normally let her drink soda so she was in her own little heaven. For most of the movie this situation suited us all just fine until Emery let out a very loud burp and wound up spilling a great deal of the Sprite all over herself! That's the beauty of being on vacation though--no one will know you and you get to leave the next day! We just laughed it off and enjoyed the rest of the movie!

Hope you all have had great weeks and get to go on a little vacay of your own soon!

*I haven't posted pictures yet but that's the plan for when Em's asleep (if Sesame Street wasn't on for an hour you wouldn't even be reading this yet!). Check out Facebook or Shutterfly in the near future! Much love to you!