Spring Break 2013

Spring Break is coming to an end.  I have had so much fun this year.  My niece and nephew arrived Friday evening to kick-off our week of fun.
 
Friday Evening:  Dinner and conversation with Gram
My mom is still in rehab recovering from her broken leg.  It was great to get her out for the evening to eat a "sit down" meal with the family.  We talked and talked until it was late and time to take her back.  (She can only be gone from rehab for 4 hours at a time.)

Saturday:  Booth Sale and Errands
We held our last Girl Scout Cookie Booth Sale of the year on Saturday morning form 10-12.  It was in the upper 60s, but the wind was gusting 20-40 miles an hour, so it felt cooler.  We couldn't even get the cookies out and set-up our table because everything kept blowing away.  It was funny because the girls' hair was blowing and standing on end.  It wasn't our best sale of the season, but we did OK.

Once we finished, we ran a few errands, grabbed lunch, and went to eat with Gram.  Actually, my nephew stayed with Gram while my niece and I were at the Booth Sale.  I think that was a smart decision.  :-)

We ran a few more errands after lunch before going home to rest.  We had dinner with Gram.

Sunday:  Girl Scout Sunday and Bronze Service Project
Check out the Girl Scout Sunday blog post.

Monday: Aquarium and Legos
After getting off to a slow start, we made our way to Sea Life Aquarium for the morning.  We enjoyed seeing all the fish and turtles.  After lunch, we checked out Legoland.

On the way home, we stopped to visit a cousin who had surgery a few days before. We decided to get Sweet Frog and take it to enjoy with Gram.  We played Apples to Apples and watched RAW.  We had a light dinner after our sweet treat.

Tuesday:  Girl Scout Birthday, Service Project, and Fun with Friends
Check out the Girl Scout Birthday blog post.

Wednesday: Ripley's, Louis Tussaud's, and Ice Skating
We had discussed going to a local zoo, but Wednesdays tend to be half price or $1 day, and we just didn't want to be in those crowds on top of the Spring Break crowds, so we voted for something different.  We went to Ripley's Believe It or Not and chose to also visit Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax and the Mirror Maze.  We really enjoyed our visit and made it through before the big crowds started.

  

 

 

Standing on pretend hot coals.

                                                            
                                                            Being interviewed by Oprah

The Wizard of Oz

History through the decades

 

All the Presidents made of wax

  

We enjoyed CiCi's pizza for lunch, one of their favorite places, before trying something new.  My niece and nephew went ice skating!  We normally don't do anything this crazy because we don't want anything to hinder my niece's dancing or my nephew's soccer playing.  We just don't want them to break anything.  Well, I threw caution to the wind and did it anyway.  :-)  My niece went around a few times.  She liked it, but she was OK with stopping.  My nephew loved it!  He was a natural.

It tired them out, and they slept all the way back home.  We finally got that needed hair cut for my nephew before going to tell Gram all about our day. After a short rest, we headed off to see Escape from Planet Earth, and Gram got to join us! Thursday: Zoo and Caverns Today was the day to head back toward my brother and sister-in-law's.  We decided we couldn't just get in the car and drive.  We had to find something fun to do along the way.  My niece loves visiting zoos, so we stopped at the Cameron Park Zoo.  When we arrived, we missed parking in the zoo lot by one car.  They sent us to park at a middle school to ride the shuttle.  That was great!  It picked us up right at our car, dropped us off at the front gate, and dropped us back off right at our car.  It couldn't have been better if we had parked on site.  It isn't a huge zoo, but it was just right.  The weather was perfect, and all the animals were out to see. There were a lot of people, but it wasn't so crowded you couldn't see the animals.

We put off lunch until after we left the zoo, so we were starved.  While eating, we decided that we needed to do something else fun as we continued heading south. We stopped at Inner Space Caverns. We walked a half mile in and a half mile back out.  It was a lot of fun and exercise. :-) They had a few animals outside and a mining area. Oh, we got to see an actual bat hanging just above our heads inside the cave.

We drove through a little traffic before getting to our destination.  

Friday: Good-bye After visiting and looking at our Spring Break pictures on the computer, I got in my lovin' and headed north again. I had so much fun with my niece and nephew and miss them terribly!

Now to plan our next adventure . . .