Staycation

Last year we trekked to Grand Lake for Memorial Day weekend.  This year we're having a staycation.

Our stay-at-home vacation started on Saturday morning with a walk to the market in our town center and a trip to Central Park playground.  The fountains were running and a dozen or so kids happily played in the water.  Of course, our little one wanted to play in the water, too, but the swings plus promises of a post-nap pool outing satisfied her.

After a good nap and snack, we sunscreen-ed up and headed to the Aviator pool.  We went to the Puddle Jumper pool a few times last summer but Madelyn was much more in to the water and swimming this year.  I might be biased but she was cutest and best behaved little swimmer at the pool.  We only stayed for thirty to forty-five minutes but long enough to get our fill.  Madelyn went under (not entirely on purpose) two times!

The day was capped off by a visit from Grammy and Grandad while Griff and I went out for a staycation date -- sushi followed by beers and baseball.  Quite a combination!

Day two of our staycation included a trip to the zoo.  We saw the foxes, giraffes, sea lions, polar bears, elephants, and, of course, monkeys.  Madelyn's favorite were the giraffes.  She liked the baby giraffe running around the giraffe yard.  We also enjoyed a picnic lunch at the zoo.  We were unsuccessful in finding the lions today but I promised her we'd make sure to find them next time.

The scheduled activity for day three of our staycation is a trip to Tiny Town, Colorado, and some backyard fun at Grammy and Grandad's.  Stay tuned for pictures and an update of the rest of our "trip"!