Brent has been an Army Reservist for longer than our entire marriage. That's ten years, folks, for those of you who are counting. Other than our deployments, most of his Reserve time has been spent right here in our hometown. For the past two year, though, he's drilled at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. I have always had plans to join him up in Dayton during one of his Reserve weekends. He stays in a hotel while he's there, and we've always wanted to go along for the weekend. We've just never made it happen. Last month I finally made a
conscious effort to make it work out. I figured we were already going to be halfway to Dayton after our trip to the zoo, so we'd just continue on and meet Brent in Dayton for a night of fun. The kids were super excited to see "daddy's hotel." I'm not sure if they really think the hotel is daddy's or what, but I know they had a great time.
The kids were most excited about swimming in the hotel pool. They haven't been swimming since the summer and they couldn't wait. Maura is a great little swimmer. She can't wait till she's old enough to join the swim team. She's begging me to put her back into lessons too. She's my little fish!
Bennett loved the water too. He splashed until he was sputtering from the water in his face. He kept trying to wriggle out of our arms and take off on his own. Looks like he's going to be a wild man in the pool just like his brother. Tristan was LOVING the water and kept climbing out so he could jump back in. I'm so proud of my big boy. He'll be swimming on his own before we know it!
We went out to dinner and had a great time with the kids at a steakhouse where you can throw the peanut shells on the floor. That is the ultimate dining experience for Maura. If we ever ask her where we should go for dinner, she
always suggests somewhere we can throw peanut shells. Later, we went back to the room, let the kids watch a movie on the laptop and loaded them up with cookies and M&M's. They had absolutely the best day ever. Maura told me that. Zoo, dinner, swimming, movie, cookies. It doesn't get any better than that for a kid! Unfortunately, bedtime was a little rough and it left me questioning why I had even attempted to get three kids to sleep in the same room, but we survived. We'll have to do it again soon, especially after June when Brent's sister Amy and her family relocate to the Dayton area. Can't wait!!
On that same weekend, Mom called to ask us to dinner. Uncle Brad was home!! He was only in for the day, but we were so excited to see him! We hadn't had a chance to visit since Christmas. The kids acted like they were getting to see a celebrity!
Uncle Brad couldn't believe how big this baby was! Back at Christmas, Bennett wasn't even sitting on his own. The kids had a great time playing around in the yard with Uncle Brad and enjoying the beautiful spring weather. They are such lucky kids to have such a wonderful fictive uncle. We'd like to make him a real uncle one of these days!! We love Uncle Brad!
The kids were most excited about swimming in the hotel pool. They haven't been swimming since the summer and they couldn't wait. Maura is a great little swimmer. She can't wait till she's old enough to join the swim team. She's begging me to put her back into lessons too. She's my little fish!
Bennett loved the water too. He splashed until he was sputtering from the water in his face. He kept trying to wriggle out of our arms and take off on his own. Looks like he's going to be a wild man in the pool just like his brother. Tristan was LOVING the water and kept climbing out so he could jump back in. I'm so proud of my big boy. He'll be swimming on his own before we know it!
We went out to dinner and had a great time with the kids at a steakhouse where you can throw the peanut shells on the floor. That is the ultimate dining experience for Maura. If we ever ask her where we should go for dinner, she always suggests somewhere we can throw peanut shells. Later, we went back to the room, let the kids watch a movie on the laptop and loaded them up with cookies and M&M's. They had absolutely the best day ever. Maura told me that. Zoo, dinner, swimming, movie, cookies. It doesn't get any better than that for a kid! Unfortunately, bedtime was a little rough and it left me questioning why I had even attempted to get three kids to sleep in the same room, but we survived. We'll have to do it again soon, especially after June when Brent's sister Amy and her family relocate to the Dayton area. Can't wait!!
On that same weekend, Mom called to ask us to dinner. Uncle Brad was home!! He was only in for the day, but we were so excited to see him! We hadn't had a chance to visit since Christmas. The kids acted like they were getting to see a celebrity!
Uncle Brad couldn't believe how big this baby was! Back at Christmas, Bennett wasn't even sitting on his own. The kids had a great time playing around in the yard with Uncle Brad and enjoying the beautiful spring weather. They are such lucky kids to have such a wonderful fictive uncle. We'd like to make him a real uncle one of these days!! We love Uncle Brad!
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