Spring Break

I decided to take the girls out of town for spring break this year.  I've never done it before, but I knew that we all needed a bit of a break.  So, I packed up the car and we headed to Dallas, TX.

We stayed with family and were there for 3 nights, two days.  (That's about how long anyone can tolerate our invasion of their home.)

On our first full day, we went to the Dallas Zoo.  This was our first sight of it:

Such a cool statue!!  We spent the next couple of hours searching for Gloria.  For those of you who don't know... Gloria is the hippo in the Madagascar movies.  She is Maya's favorite character of all time.  Hippos are her thing.

Well, we found Mellman (the giraffe), but no Gloria.  I had one very disappointed girl on my hands. 

That evening, we went to my cousin's house for dinner.  As a treat, the kids got to decorate cupcakes.

Then, of course, they got to inhale savor their creations.

Fun was had by all.

The next day, my aunt took us to the Dallas Arboretum. 

It was beautiful.  The arboretum had some very special displays up.  Castles.

Aladdin's Castle

Little Mermaid's Castle







Beauty and the Beast Castle





Princess and the Pea Castle



Rapunzel's Castle

The girls had a fabulous time exploring all of the castles.  The scenery was gorgeous!

We had a picnic in the ampitheater area, then the girls burned off some energy on the stage.

I can't say it was a perfect day, as two of the girls had long whining/pouting/screaming fits.  However, I got some great pictures of my princesses, so the day was (at least) successful.

We spent our last evening relaxing by the pool.  The girls played with the binoculars and helped to clean the leaves out of the water.

Finally, the final morning, we packed back up and got on the road to Kansas.

It was an eventful four days.  We are thankful for the family that didn't shut the curtains and turn off the lights when we pulled up.  But we're not sure they won't do that next time.