Vacation at Lake Geneva

We took a short break from our busy summer schedule to spend time as a family away from home.  We wanted to go to a near by place so that we don't have to drive for very long with Anna who does not appreciate being in a car seat.  Finally we decided to go to Lake Geneva, IL which is only one and a half hour drive from our place.  We waited for Sony to finish his summer school to go for our mini vacation.  We have previous memories at this place since this was the second trip we made right after our marriage.  The difference was last time we went it was during winter and could't really enjoy the outside and we didn't have children at that time.  It was different this time with our two little munchkins.  They  had a great time.

It is such a cozy place with a lot of things to do and very kid friendly.  We went on a Wednesday and came back on Thursday evening.  We got to see horses and George and Anna enjoyed just watching them.

As soon as we checked in we went to the indoor water park which was near by the hotel we were staying. It started off really great but half way through George started getting really cold and he accidentally drank some pool water and I think a bit went inside his nose and with that he was done.  He didn't want to be there.  On the other hand Anna had a blast in the water.  She enjoyed it and didn't want to get out of the water.  It was hilarious to watch her.  

We went to the water park planning to stay for at least 3 hours and we ended up leaving the place within an hour.  I just thought it was so funny we had to leave in such a short span of time. As young parents we are not used to things like this.  We plan a lot but end up making so many changes due to the little ones.  I am okay with it now that I have gotten so used to it but it is very hard on the husbands since they spend money on it and finally end up not even making full use of it. haha.. the joy of parenthood.  So we headed back to the hotel, ordered some Pizza and just chilled.  Since we had a really nice Jacuzzi in the bathroom we put George and Anna in there.  George had a great time in the Jacuzzi.  He was comfortable in it unlike the big water pool.  We went for a walk in the evening just to see around and the weather was just incredible.  Afterwards we had our family prayer and put the kids to bed.  We both were able to watch a movie called Captain Phillips which is based on a true story.  It was a great movie.   

The next morning we woke up late, ate, did our morning prayer and headed out to a little petting zoo. George got to ride a pony.  We also got to see a few farm animals.  Anna was so adorable.  She started making funny faces seeing these little animals. This was really her first vacation with us as a family.  She really enjoyed it.  She seems to be a very peaceful baby especially when we go on trips.  She eats, sleeps, enjoys everything.