All lined up on the couch at our fun hotel!
Thursday and Friday we treated the kids to an indoor water park and hotel sleepover. I had to laugh to myself when the boys went on and on about how much fun hotels are. Somewhere along the way from childhood to parenthood, hotels became not very much fun! What I see as crowded, they see as cozy. My adult eyes miss out on what their eyes can see. We snuggled in bed--all 5 of us--to watch some tv before turning out the lights. We ended up watching 2 episodes of Home Improvement. A show about a family with 3 boys--how perfect for us. :) At one point, the mom on the show talked about how she feels like her family is an all-boys club with no girls allowed. Kaleb turned around and asked me, "Is that how you feel sometimes Mom?" My sweet Kaleb. Even though that may be true at times, I wouldn't trade my all-boys club for anything. They are such blessings to me. Later that night, one of those "blessings" began talking in his sleep.
Did I mention how crowded--I mean cozy--hotels are? :)
Playing at the water park for two days may not seem like a vacation for some, but for us it was. Braylen and Kaleb were old enough to "turn loose," while Aaron took turns playing with Derek and me. Aaron's favorite thing was to wear a life jacket and swim through the not-so-lazy river. He floated, swam, jumped, and ran through that water! He loved hanging on the ropes to spray others with water. He became quite the waterbug--not only in the river but on the slides as well. He'd cross his arms across his chest and cross his ankles and wooosh down the slides! Kaleb, like Aaron, liked the river and the slides too. He definitely went down the slides more than anyone else did during those 2 days. Braylen's favorite times were spent with Dad on the big water slides. They rode together and separately, single tubes, double tubes, and without a tube! Every time they went down on a double tube, Derek would scream and carry on, just to have fun with him. Braylen kept telling him to stop. Finally he said, "Dad, stop! You're embarrassing me! People will think it's me!" Derek's finally done it! He's finally an embarrassing dad!
So as spring break wraps up, I feel thankful for the memories we made as a family. We played much and cried little! Today provided lots of fun for the kids to play outside with the neighbor kids. At one point there were 5 boys running around our house with laser guns, popper guns, cap guns, and toy rifles. They chased down 2 neighbor girls and took them as prisoners. I looked out the window and saw the two girls handcuffed to our swing set. The boys then hauled them from the swing set to another yard. I started to worry that I'm raising a bunch of terrorists, but when I went outside, everyone was in good spirits. I think the girls relished the attention, while the boys enjoyed picking on them. Isn't that how it's supposed to be?
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