Mike asked for something wonderful for his birthday this year: for us to have a weekend away. And with the generous help of two sisters, a niece, and my mom, we were able to make it happen (if you're counting at home, this is only the second time in our seven-year marriage that we've managed to go away for a weekend without kids). So Saturday, we headed up Highway 31 and took what was possibly the best scenic fall drive ever to lovely Holland, Michigan, where the foliage is plentiful and the shops are hardly ever open. Seriously, we walked around the downtown shopping area at 5:30 Saturday afternoon, and everything was closed (tons of people around, though, very strange). We stayed at the CityFlats Hotel, which is environmentally friendly and really, really cool. We wandered around Holland, ordered room service for dinner (decadent!), slept late, woke up peacefully without anyone fighting, crying, or tugging at us, and had a leisurely breakfast at the Windmill Restaurant (where else?) before heading back.
But but but WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN??? you ask. How could we leave those poor, neglected boys on their own? Frankly, it was really easy (and we hope to be able to do it again every year). They got to go to see cousin Cassidy's football game in the afternoon. Avalon and Klaudia came to stay the night with them, and they got to stay up late watching a specially rented Mario movie (boy, was Max bitterly disappointed to learn that it had to be returned!) and eating freshly baked cookies. The next day, they had a picnic in the park then got to go to the pumpkin patch with their Yami. Don't get me wrong, they were glad to see us when we got back, but I think they could have been quite happy going on as they were for some time.
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