Today was a low-key vacation day. Sometimes we get so many activities packed into our vacations that there isn’t a whole lot of time set aside for actual relaxation. One of our goals this time was to really just take it easy for a bit. So we ate breakfast at a leisurely pace (and that was only in part because the free hotel breakfast was not one of the better ones I’ve had and we were all a bit reluctant to consume the drier than the desert baked goods) and then drove over and walked the Cedar City temple grounds for a bit. That gave everyone an opportunity to take some pictures. Temples and flowers seem to be two of the kids’ most loved subjects to photograph and the temple grounds always have amazing greenery which makes it a “two birds, one stone” situation. After our jaunt to the temple, we played some games and just hung around until lunch time.
After lunch we attended our second show, the musical “Ragtime.” Kevin and I have seen this one before, but none of the kids have so it was a whole new experience for them. It was a long show, and a sad one, but it was enjoyed by all. Malia much preferred “Comedy of Errors” because it was funny, but she did a fantastic job sitting through the show and said that she liked it too. We ate dinner and then stopped at the grocery store to pick up ice cream that was safe for all, took it back to the hotel, and proceeded to eat way too much ice cream. Occasionally eating more dessert than normal is just one of those vacation things, right? We had a bit of a sugar coma after the ice cream and then we hit the pool for a late-night swim. Malia loves the pool and for her one of the perks of a hotel stay was access to the pool, so we all joined her for a dip. When we had swum long enough to have raisin fingers, Kevin and the kids headed out to do some star gazing. I was a party pooper for that activity though and stayed at the hotel for a bit of a relax before bed. It was late, after all, and I don’t do well with too many late nights in a row.
That may seem like far too many activities to make it a relaxing day, but it actually was. We didn’t need to rush from one thing to the next or hustle through meals to make sure we time for everything. We did take time to play some games and just talk. It was a good day, enjoyed by all. And there was a surprisingly small amount of bickering between my quartet of offspring. That is always a sign that everyone is feeling pretty darn mellow.
And as a parting comment, we stopped in at the gift shop and did indeed find a “book of that” which is just the right reading level for Malia: Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. Malia has already claimed dibs as the first reader.
After lunch we attended our second show, the musical “Ragtime.” Kevin and I have seen this one before, but none of the kids have so it was a whole new experience for them. It was a long show, and a sad one, but it was enjoyed by all. Malia much preferred “Comedy of Errors” because it was funny, but she did a fantastic job sitting through the show and said that she liked it too. We ate dinner and then stopped at the grocery store to pick up ice cream that was safe for all, took it back to the hotel, and proceeded to eat way too much ice cream. Occasionally eating more dessert than normal is just one of those vacation things, right? We had a bit of a sugar coma after the ice cream and then we hit the pool for a late-night swim. Malia loves the pool and for her one of the perks of a hotel stay was access to the pool, so we all joined her for a dip. When we had swum long enough to have raisin fingers, Kevin and the kids headed out to do some star gazing. I was a party pooper for that activity though and stayed at the hotel for a bit of a relax before bed. It was late, after all, and I don’t do well with too many late nights in a row.
That may seem like far too many activities to make it a relaxing day, but it actually was. We didn’t need to rush from one thing to the next or hustle through meals to make sure we time for everything. We did take time to play some games and just talk. It was a good day, enjoyed by all. And there was a surprisingly small amount of bickering between my quartet of offspring. That is always a sign that everyone is feeling pretty darn mellow.
And as a parting comment, we stopped in at the gift shop and did indeed find a “book of that” which is just the right reading level for Malia: Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb. Malia has already claimed dibs as the first reader.
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