With us having Christmas Break at home this year, we thought it would be fun to stay in a local hotel – just for fun! We would play in the pool, watch movies, etc. Some of the kids chose to buy themselves McDonalds for dinner – while others didn’t want to spend their money on food and packed a dinner for themselves. It was fun to watch the different kids make their purchasing decisions! The hotel was nice and they upgraded us to a suite for free!!! So we had a separate "room" and a total of 3 beds and a cot!! The room did not disappoint! But the disappointment came with the Jacuzzi and pool – it was COLD and they were blowing air into the pool area from the snow cold outside air. Needless to say, it was freezing… How can you have a "heated" pool that is cold and a Jacuzzi that is cold too...grrrrr... We had to move around a lot in the pool to keep warm!!! Come to find out they were having maintenance issues with the pool/jacuzzi heater – so upon checkout they gave us a free return swim day!!! Whohoo…we will definitely ask if the heater is working next time!
Both sets of Grandparents were very generous to the kids this year for Christmas. So on December 26th, each kid found themselves with quite a stash of cash. So Clay and Laura decided to let the kids dictate what they wanted to do the next week of Christmas Break - and use their cash to pay for their activities!!
We went Ice Skating with the Moss Family, went and saw Frozen 2 at the downtown "Good" theatre with reclining seats & LOTS of snacks... it made Laura sick to watch her kids blow so much money on candy, popcorn, and slushies...yikes...,but they were happy, we ate at McDonalds, went to Baskin Robbins and got 2 scoops (thanks to Preston to offered to buy everyone's second scoop with his own money!) It was a fun filled week full of fun, activities, and happy children!!! We are really liking this "stay home for Christmas" idea.... no stress of travel - JUST FUN!
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