There are quite a few places around here within driving distance for a weekend trip, and though we've talked about all of them, we've never done any....and we're coming up on 3 years in Arkansas later this month. Crazy! So, last month, I texted Jarrod and told him to pick a place and I was booking a hotel for spring break. I was ready to break in the minivan and take a road trip.
Dallas was the destination of choice, but after some discussion with friends from the Dallas area, we decided to stay in Fort Worth and possibly make a day trip to Dallas. We woke the kids up at 4:30 Saturday morning and were on the road by 5. First stop: Cracker Barrel! Gavin's pick for breakfast, and he was so excited about it. Shortly after our breakfast stop, Gavin conked out in the car, just as we expected...but Riley never did! She stayed up the entire car ride. Not good considering we were headed straight to the zoo. But she was a trooper and was awake for almost the entire time at the zoo.
It was a rather warm day, and VERY crowded, but the kids seemed to really like the zoo. We honestly didn't get to enjoy the entire zoo. After a while, Riley was really just done and we were all ready to cool down and escape the crowd. But, it was an awesome zoo and we had a great time!
Little Miss Independent is making me question why I said I'd never buy a child-leash. She doesn't want to stay in the stroller, she doesn't want to be held, she doesn't want to hold your hand.... And it proved to be a bad choice on Day 2 (story to come later).
She finally fell asleep around 2:00 while walking through the park, so we hiked back to our car (we had to park so far away!) and headed to the hotel. Her nap only lasted about 30 minutes in the car though :(
We just rested a little in the hotel and let the kids play a little...
And then we headed out to dinner. We ate at a fun place called Chuy's....the kids loved looking at all the stuff on the wall. Then we walked across the street to a shopping area and had some frozen yogurt for dessert, which Riley tried to eat twice as fast using two spoons.
To end the night, we headed to the hotel and went swimming. The hotel had an awesome swimming pool for kids, and Gavin did such a good job. I was worried he'd be hesitant to get in with all the water splashing everywhere, but he did great job with letting the water get on his face and wanted to do most everything on his own. As did his sister. Good golly I'm going to have my work cut out for me at the pool this summer!
Getting Riley to sleep in the hotel was a chore. You'd think with it being such a long, tiring day she would just conk out. But, nope! I eventually had to rock her to sleep in the room's desk chair and then just go to bed with her at like 8:30. Then she was up through the night several times. What a long night!
Day 2 coming soon!
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