Spring Break 2010

Sorry no pictures this year – took my camera but the batteries died after the first 2 pictures and then couldn’t get the camera to work again the rest of the time. Oh well – we have the memories in our heads.

This year we took the boys to Cincinnati. It was a first for all of us! We stayed the first night at Coco Resort with an inside water park. It was nice but it was more for younger children and Stephon got bored real fast! But put them in water and they are entertained for hours! The night we checked in we got there between 5:30 & 6 and thankfully we did. After we checked in and went to the water park area everything was good for about 30 minutes. Then the electricity for the entire city block went out!! We sat and sat and then when they finally realized the lights weren’t coming on any time soon they shut the park down for the night. We decided to go to the room and change for dinner. It’s a violation of some fire code to not have emergency lights in the stairwell area….lets just say they should have been fined very heavily as it was a very dark walk to the 9th floor!!! It’s been 3 weeks since that happened and Ashton is still freaked out about the dark. We drove to Kentucky to have dinner and but the time we got back the lights were back on. Thankfully the next day it was back to running full steam and the boys spent all day there in the water. Even Stephon - pretty sure there were girls chasing him around & he loved it. It was a nice enough place but I can’t see us going back again.

The next night we stayed downtown at the Millennium. I had stayed at the Millennium in Chicago and I can tell you that even though they are the same chain they are NOTHING alike. This was nice but windows were so thin we could hear the wind howling and could hear every car drive by even though we were on the 13th floor. With Ashton still freaked out about the dark from the previous night and now mixed with the constant sounds from outside…it made for a long night of tears with him!! Breakfast the next morning at the hotel restaurant was very good though so all was forgiven!! We took the boys to the Cardinals & Reds game (thanks to Amy for the recommendation). They were calling for rain but not one single drop fell on us. It was partly sunny but still very chilly. We dressed like it was the middle of winter. Their park is very nice and it was a fun game. Ashton had never been to a MLB game before so he was very much into it. Plus we had seats behind 3rd base, 2nd row. It was a great view. We got home late that night after the game and had to be up at 5:45 the next morning for the boys to go to the orthodontist…..