We have started the big Lovett Stay-Vacation! This is the first time we have actually taken a vacation and not had to do something like move! We have planned quite a few activities to keep from falling into the rut of staying at home. Ok wait...out of the 10 days that we are "on vacation" 3 of those will be in Lexington, Ky. Soooo partial stay-cation? The great city of Lexington is calling our name and we are going to visit The Kentucky Horse Park while there for our horse loving kiddies! Then I get to tinker around the antique stores to hopefully find some treasures. I've been able to find some great icons and religious items at the antique stores for super super cheap. Just say a Ave Maria and something will show up - like this little number that I then broke when a large horse fly was attacking me and I swung my arm around to catch it...heart broken.
The weather broke of its rainy cycle just long enough for us to run through and see the sights at the Cincinnati zoo. The lions were a bit shy and wouldn't come out but the giraffes were happy to munch alongside us. The new baby gorilla wasn't out yet either but we'll be sure the hop on by again before the end of month to visit and see all the new animals. They have a wonderful train and carousel ride that the kids always love. Pretty nice zoo overall and the munchkins were pretty darn tired after so I call it a success!
The next item on our list was to make it to the Cincinnati Children's Museum. Having a membership at this place and the zoo really help cut the costs and I make sure to get more than my memberships worth by going so frequently. The museum was a mad house. Usually I try to get there right when it opens and since we were having a lazy morning we decided to go after naps and boy was that a mistake. There were sooooo many kids and parents who were not taking care of or watching their kids and letting them run amok. I'm a little over paranoid when it comes to my kids so when I couldn't hear or see them I would start to panic. Now I remember why I go so early in the morning...
My husband won't take normal photos. Here we are at the bowling alley having some fun with the kids. We barely lasted to the last game of one round before the munchkins were giving up and trying to go play some arcades. We found the only smoke free bowling alley in northern Kentucky and it has a total of 7 lanes! I guess bowling is a coastal thing...not so mid west because it was truly unimpressive. Not to sure we'll be going back due to $$$ of the whole deal.
What? You don't bowl with a baby on your back? Well then the parents out number the babies - this is how you do it (queue music).
On a side note - we put in an offer on a house! Let's see what happens. The family that owns the home currently lives in China so it will be a few days before we hear back. I would be happy to live in the house and I would be just fine without. Is that a sign of something? I'm just currently feeling at peace with the whole deal...currently. Tomorrow I might be a wreck about living in such a small apartment with no yard but today I am ok.
I just finished North and South. Loved it! I like a good British drama that beings some tears to my eyes. I don't want to say too much but in a nutshell it's about a privileged upper middle class lady, Margaret Hale, who moves North to a dingy noisy town and takes a disliking to Mr. Thornton, who epitomises everything she dislikes about the North. But then her heart softens and she learns to see the beauty in the relationships and struggles of the townspeople. Events keep pushing Margaret and the handsome Mr. Thornton together but they must overcome their own issues of prejudice and circumstance before they can be together. Terribly synopsis? Yeah I thought so too. Go watch it and have some tissues.
We will be pretty busy this week and we're off to Lexington tomorrow! I'll post when I can to keep you updated.
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