Our First Family Vacation

Nic, Ted and I went on our first family vacation last weekend to Colonial Williamsburg. We decided already that if we were responsible to teaching Nic the subjects he will learn in school, Ted would be the one to teach history.

So Friday morning we packed up the car and hit the road for a 5 1/2 hour drive. To pass the time we had books on CD, toys, snacks, books, and blankies. As we had hoped, we had an uneventful drive. See picture to the right of Nic is his big, comfy car seat when we arrived at the hotel.

First step was to get all our stuff into the room. As I put stuff up in the room, Ted asked if I was "nesting", "no" I said, "childproofing". Then Ted headed out for a couple necessary items (since we did have a kitcheonette in the room) which included milk for Nic, chips and salsa, beer and wine. We did have 5 1/2 hours in the car afterall.

Then we hit the indoor pool (the outdoor pool still hadn't warmed up to swimming temps) where Nic found 3 older ladies to completely charm and amaze with his swimming skills (not to mention how cute he looks in his swim shorts).

We figured since Nic is basically sleeping on the fold out bed in our room (no I won't explain all that here) that we didn't need to bring the pack-n-play and that he could just sleep with us. Unfortunately he didn't sleep too sound and flipped end to end and kicked us both all night. Ted can sleep through just about anything, but I am not so lucky. So most people come home rested after vacation and I came home needing some sleep. Oh well.

I think Nic had fun in Colonial Williamsburg. He's still too little to really enjoy everything, but he got to see some horses, some colonial reenactments, and sample some yummy gingerbread cakes. The best thing may have been the colonial hat we got him.

At Home at the Coffee Shop

Nic and I stopped at Starb*ucks the other day and he made himself right at home. He has managed to completely charm the women that work there. One gave him a cup of whipped cream the other day and well, needless to say he was a total, sticky mess when we left, but loved the treat.