Fall Break

Our fall break plans were very spontaneous this year. We went back and forth on several different ideas and the night before, we settled on doing an overnight trip to Cincinnati with our friends the Stearleys. 

Wednesday night my cousin Tiffany was in so we went to Anna Jos for dinner then the kids spent the night with my parents. So we got up Thursday, picked them up and headed up to Cincy. Their tiredness led to car naps ,giving us a pretty quiet drive. First stop was SkyLine (of course) and next was the Newport Aquarium. 

The Mermaids were out which the kids thought were cool. Parker was most excited to see sharks and Ainsley really wanted to see starfish. 

Ainsley was much braver than Parker- she touched star fish, coral and even snakes. 

We managed to meander, stop to eat, stop to play, and not run through it all like they usually do. After the aquarium we checked into our hotel and went for a swim before dinner. 

We took a city trolley to Hafbraus House for dinner. The food was delicious and the kids had a lot of fun. We love some German food:) after dinner we walked to an arcade where the adults and kids had fun playing games and winning random crap, before we took the trolley back to the hotel. 

Ainsley (and therefore me as well) had a rough night of sleep due to her poison ivy. Apparently she is allergic to it, leading to steroids and lots of calamine lotion. But we managed to wake up enough to enjoy the yummy hotel breakfast and get ready for the zoo! 

Parker and Ainsley both wanted to see the sloth (thank you to the movie The Croods). It was a perfect fall morning for the zoo and we got to see so many fun animals. 

The kids hit a wall after lunch but we managed to see Mo the Sloth last. He was, of course, sleeping, but they enjoyed seeing him nonetheless. Ainsley fell asleep before we were back on the interstate and Parker wasn’t far behind her. 

We had such a good time just getting away for the night and enjoying some family time. I think all of our tanks got filled :) 

We spent the rest of fall break just hanging at home and relaxing.