Birthday “Staycation”

After a year’s worth of request from Ava to go to the water slides, for Ali’s birthday we did a staycation at The Princess Resort near our house. Now we are bombarded with the “when can we do that again” from Ava…

A night at the resort was a great getaway – we took full advantage of the pools, water slides, and enjoying walks around the resort property. Here are some highlights.

“Fancy” Ava is chilling in the car on the way there.

Yes it is hot – 115!

Our first order of business? Why the pool of course. Ali likes the zero entry pool so can crawl right in.

A brief moment of sitting still…

 

In addition to the pool and the water slides (no photos of it unfortunately), Ava had fun with the sand as well. She helped some boys make sand castles.

While Ali was fascinated with Dad’s hat.

Soon Ali discovered the sand as well.

And even better, it is messy!

Having all of us in a single room was not exactly smooth. That evening the girls (finally) fell asleep after a while (mostly after driving Ali around for a bit).

The next morning Ali was ready to check out the view from the balcony.

While big sister was more interested in exploring the resort. Here she is pausing for a short rest.

Then we were back at the pool and the sand. Ava is hard at work on her castles.

And proud of her work!

Ali is working on her “princess” pose.

It was a fun getaway right in our backyard…something we will do again…