We did a "staycation" this year with the kids. Yes, I know the name is lame. No, I'm not making apologies for it. Jason had a week off and we took that Monday and Tuesday to hang out with the kids. On Monday we went to the Reston Zoo; it's part petting zoo, part random animals, and part hayride. The kids LOVED it! They've been before, but they had a blast feeding the goats and the ducks. We even got them milk bottles for the sheep! This is the same place we went to about a year ago where the emu ate Alexis' shorts. (She still talks about it.) On Tuesday, the day of the earthquake, we took the kids to Splashdown, a waterpark nearby. They were totally fascinated! Alexis had no fear and went down (age-appropriate) slides with no fear and wanted to do everything she could. Micah loved it but had to figure things out for a little bit first. His favorite part was the water shooting out from the ground in the shallow pools. Seriously, he was fascinated by this and played with this for over and hour total. We were also able to take both of them on the lazy river, and they enjoyed that. It was really just a fun time together.
Jason and I did get to go on a vacation just the two of us while the parents watched the kids, which was AMAZING! We went back to the first B&B we visited on our honeymoon and hung out in Staunton and saw The IMportance of Being Earnest (my fav play) and ate awesome food and just had a great time.
