Post vacation/holiday/birthday wrap up

Well we got to Copalis Beach and back just fine. The only beef we had was that the mattress was really uncomfortable, but the rest was great. We basically stayed in a one bedroom apartment with beach access, playground, rec room, pool, hot tub and solarium all on-site. There were several families staying there too, so Holly had other kids to play with. She wouldn't go into the pool but liked pretending to be an elephant with a water noodle. Holly also liked to crush any sand castles that mommy and daddy made. She "colored" in the sand with a stick. Holly would grab handfuls of sand or gravel in the playground area and throw them in the air yelling "surprise!" Vacations with kids are very different than before we had kids. Before we would have some sort of time driven agenda and pack in as much as possible. Now it's like we got to be back by 1pm so Holly can have her nap and making sure we're always stocked with snacks if we can't sit down and eat right away. Having that break in the middle of the day makes it so we can't do anything too ambitious, but it also means we are making time to relax which is the whole point of vacations really. So we were glad to get away and relax, we realized had we stayed home we would have probably done chores the whole time. Yesterday was my 35th birthday and I thought about it and I really don't feel as old as 35. Elle babysat Holly while David took me to see the new X-men movie (which I really liked) and then we went out for sushi afterwards. Now it's back to work and working out.