Vacation report days 1 & 2

We had ourselves a little staycation this year where we worked like mad on our house all day long and then took the kiddos to do super fun things in the evening. It was both productive and tons of fun at the same time. The hardest part however was trying to keep our energy up for the kids at night because we were exhausted. The first day we got up early and went to breakfast, then we hit the mall and watched a movie and shopped our little hearts out. Then we went out to dinner. When we finally got home we were beat and so we all just crashed and had ourselves a mellow evening. The second day of vacation we drove a bit to a walking park that we have never been to before. It was gorgeous! We all fell in love with it immediately. Of course it didn't help that the weather was absolutely perfect. We will definitely be going back there again and again.

 A lovely bridge found in the Asian garden.

 The family at the lookout tower. Tiger wasn't too interested in looking out.

 The view from the lookout tower.

 Brotherly love. Tiger just loves his big brother and Sparky does a good job of being a big brother. They call themselves Bros.

 Tiger never misses an opportunity to be weird.

 Sparky found this tree by the lake that was just begging to be climbed.

 In one of the gardens there was this beautiful field of sunflowers. As soon as I saw it I knew that these kids were going to find themselves posing for some pictures.

 Oh no, the dreaded sun came out. I don't know what it is, but Sparky in particular is incapable of taking a picture if the sun is out or if it is in any way bright. He is suddenly unable to open his eyes as if the sun is burning holes into each one of them. He's trying his best in this picture, but alas Tiger has decided that he is unable to open his eyes as well. Woo just thinks her brothers are the funniest.

 Tiger then decided that he needed to find his Zen.

 Perhaps if I had them stand up? So close.

 I give up. This is really all they wanted to do anyway. 

I also gave my camera to Woo and Tiger and let them have fun taking some pictures. Here are some of the the results: 

 All in all it was a glorious day and we were all glad we made the trip. We will definitely be going back again, but next time we'll get there earlier so that we have more time to explore.