I don't even know where to begin... but I'll start with saying that something is wrong with my camera system. There is a glitch that won't allow me to download any photos into the computer, so , for now, there won't be any photos. I'll be trying to add some later.

We survived our trip!! The Nickelodeon hotel is really a Holiday Inn with a coat of orange paint. I'll have to admit that the children had fun, which is all that matters, but I was completely OVER the hotel within the first few hours there.

The pool area has fun water slides and a huge pool, with life-guards, a couple of hot tubs and a nice basketball court. They also have a workshop area that they have activities for the kids to do, but they don't say how much each activity is until you show up. Only one was free, most were about $10/kid. Which is something I wasn't willing to spend.

Honestly, when it came to the swimming pool, I didn't know which was worse - being surrounded by the other parents who were mostly overweight, flabby, and pale white OR the fact that me and Bryan fit in!!!

I'd be thinking, to myself, that I can't believe that these people were willing to get into a bathing suit and then I'd catch a view of myself , in a window reflection, and think, 'OH MY GOD, I look like them!'.

It was kind of a mood killer.

We survived going to Disney's magic kingdom, for the nighttime party, and Green Meadows petting farm. Both were tiring, but fun.

It was a short trip but quite a whirlwind.

Not to mention that Paige missed us all and we missed her, terribly. She was alone, at Grandma's, with no children fighting over her. I did give my mother a sheet and a few blankets for her to use there, so she smelled home each night - but it was nice to get home to her.

Tomorrow starts work, homework and, this week, CCD for the girls.

Back to the fire...