Spontaneity

My man decided to buy some weights on "craigs list". His plan was to drive up (they happened to be about 2 hours north of us) after his Saturday class and pick them up. Since he would only be an hour from there at that point. Long story short... he couldn't pick them up until later that night because of the original owners schedule. So he booked us a room (which happened to be a condo.. and he did good!) and we decided to make it an adventure. Our neighbor happens to go to class with him, so he drove our car home and the kids and I met him at school and we headed north.

The condo was great and a huge hit with the kids! They ran around it exploring as soon as we walked in. http://summitresortnh.com/accommodations.shtml I recommend it if you visit Laconia & the lakes region.

 plenty of room for our crew

Unfortunately "Muggins" & "Missa" aka... K & B. Both ended up with fevers on our way up. They both still wanted to swim and we figured the pool would do them good, they perked right up and were ready to go. They fully enjoyed every bit of the pool! Of course E & I had plenty of fun as well!

I had to add this one of Daddy and "Beamer" (as he calls her) it is just too sweet...

Some of my pictures ended up a little fuzzy because my lens was steaming up in the pool room ;)

After the pool the plan was to take a ride to pick up his weights, stop in and say hello to some friends of ours who live in the area & go have some pizza. This portion of the night ended up being cut a little bit shorter due to fevers coming back and two little ones not feeling so great :(
We did manage to get the weights and our friends happened to live practically right at the other end of that street. (very convenient) ;) So we were able to say hi to them. However the pizza portion turned into ordering take out and a quick trip into the drug store to grab some more children's meds. We took the pizza back and the two little's were more interested in laying down... before we knew it they were both out on the pull out sofa. Poor babies... but they looked so sweet.

Thankfully both fevers came down with the meds and they both slept really well that night. Once they were out the big girls enjoyed the jacuzzi tub in the master bedroom almost as much as they enjoyed the pool & water slides! Then they got to hang out in the "big bed" and watch some "late night TV" on the Disney channel for a bit ;)

before getting tucked into their very own beds, in their very own room (they thought that was pretty cool!)

It was a great, spontaneous way to spend our weekend. Despite the fevers everyone did have a good time. It's been a bit of a roller coaster of fevers since then... with one at the pediatrician this morning and one being picked up early from school (well, technically both girls got dismissed early, since there was only about half hr left anyway... wasn't making another trip, or sitting in the parking lot with a car full of kids who didn't feel good)

Everyone's sleeping (at the moment) and I'm praying for a more peaceful night then last.... They were all a bit happier at bedtime tonight... I will take that as a good thing! We almost made it through the winter without any sickness... until the stomach bug hit and now this... BUT it is fun weekends like this one that keep us all going! Love our family!!!