Four Feet More

In honor of Jeff's birthday and Valentine's Day, we decided to drop the kids off at Babushka's house and take a mini-break. We had such wonderful plans... go see an adult grown-up* movie, have a romantic dinner out, wake up early and have a nice breakfast. Then Jeff got sick. He has caught Vika and Eamon's cold (which I am still fighting off), so most of our plans had to be modified a bit.

Instead of going to a movie, we decided to take a nice walk through a local wildlife preserve. It was a beautiful day, and it was wonderful to be able to hike without a child dragging you back by the hand (thus increasing the amount of work your body has to do to go uphill) or the usual complaints of, "Mama, my knees are huhr-ting." We saw a bunch of birds, some ground squirrels (at least, that's what I think they were), and a ton of bumble bees. Nothing too exciting, but it still made for a nice afternoon.

We followed up our hike with a trip to Pasta Pomodoro for dinner, and then we headed back home to watch "Miracle Match," a DVD we got from Netflix. The movie was a bit cheesy, but since it combined two of my favorite things, soccer and Gerald Butler, I didn't much mind.

All in all, it was a nice little break from parenting. Plus, the kids had a great time with Babushka and Dedushka, and are already asking when they can spend the night again. Hopefully that means there will be more mini-breaks to recharge in the future.

I hope you all had a great President's Day Weekend!

*edited to appease (e)'s gutter-mind. :)