A Night Without Kids. . . Almost

Alex and I planned to take advantage of our time at my parents and get away for night. We haven't done this since the twins were born (unless you count a 48 hour house hunt in Dallas - not so relaxing). We made reservations in Spokane, Washington and looked forward to the time away from our very sweet but busy girls. As we started to pack for the day, we went back and forth about whether or not to go. I wasn't feeling great and hanging out as a family has always been our favorite activity anyway. Finally, Alex put his foot down (as much as he ever does) and pushed me out the door. On the way out the door we decided to take Savannah with us. I guess that means we just don't know how to do a weekend without kids.

We ended up having a great time and I am very glad we took the big girl along. She is such a pleasure and minimal if any extra work. It is nice to LISTEN to all she has to say instead of pretending to when the twins are demanding all of the attention. Savannah was thrilled to have "Mommy and Daddy" time which made it even better. We we took her to see the big Radio Flyer Wagon, the place where Mommy and Daddy got engaged and our favorite place to eat when we were in graduate school. There was very little time for anything else but we managed to squeeze in a trip to the children's museum. (Another example of the small town putting the big city to shame. It was much better than Philly's children's museum.) Possibly the best part of the trip was waking up at 9:00 a.m. with no diapers to change, mouths to feed of babies to dress. Four is a blissful age!!

Here are a few pictures of our trip. My favorite is Savannah's breakthrough into the world of photography. Yeap, she took our picture with our big and bulky SLR just like a pro. She instructed, before we posed, "Remember, arms around each other!" Where does she come up with this stuff.

We love you Sweetie Pie!






Nearly nine years ago, the Wolf-Shaw family was born!! Nice picture Savannah!