We managed to have a girls weekend twice in a row since we soon embarked on our 3rd annual girls weekend. This time, both of my sister-in-laws were able to attend as well as my mom and myself, only missing my kid sister who obviously lives too far for such an occasion.
We met at the dino park, quickly wandering the small museum and eagerly heading for the dino grounds and best of all, the playground. The cousins greeted each other as if it had been weeks, instead of days, and dove into their games and pretend play. The adults took longer to settle in with the loss of multiple cell phones and chasing the more mischievous children.
Using my sister in law's timeshare again, we had a great two bedroom condo and quickly made ourselves at home. We devoured Papa Murphy's pizza and then had a movie night with oreo's and milk. We were missing my oldest niece for the weekend but other than that, we had all the girl cousins together. The three oldest (age 6 and up) got to stay up late, watching "The Little Princess" and sleeping on the murphy bed in the living room while the younger kids had a much tougher time settling into their temporary home.
Our second day was spent lounging around. Grammy brought crafts, fun letter erasers the kids used to personalize new school pencils, coloring books, stickers books and more. We watched movies, played with toys and spent a couple hours in the fantastic pool. The older girls loved the pool noodles and floated around lost in their own play while the younger ones stuck close to us, bouncing between the main pool's shallow end and a nearby kiddie pool. The taco bar that night was a hit and we celebrated with root beer floats during our bedtime movie. Each night we did "happy and sad"s with all the cousins, which while lengthy was so fun. After all the kids were tucked into bed, the women, plus the oldest cousin--my 9 year old niece, stayed up late to do a craft, painting fun mantlepiece blocks.
Our third day started with pedicures, fancy hair and even a little make up as we dressed up and readied for a special occasion. We took all the girls to Olive Garden for lunch, with the intention of a fancy "etiquette" dinner. The kids had a blast and were probably more well behaved than usual, at least for toddlers. We had intended to spend the afternoon at the Children's Museum but much to our dismay, found it had closed early that day. While we debated what to do over ice cream cones, we unfortunately got caught up in a messy situation with my brother's heinous ex-wife and had to take one of the cousins home. We eventually returned to the condo and went for a quick evening swim. Once again, the women stayed up late to watch a chick flick, (except for me, I fell asleep 20 minutes into the movie).
Our last morning was spent packing, feeding kids, finishing projects and finally, getting in one last swim before we enjoyed a picnic lunch together. Until next year.
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