Vacation!

We took a little family vacation last week and had a ton of fun.  We went south of the Cities  to Lake City, which is on the Mississippi River.  It's a cute little town with shops and restaurants and we stayed in a house that overlooked the river.  Being from a river town myself, I had a preconceived notion that staying on the river would be dirty and smelly but I was pleasantly surprised!  Our house was on a small bluff and we had great views up and down the river.  It's pretty much a necessity to stay in a house now that Leah is here.  She goes to bed so early that our alternative is sitting in a dark and quiet hotel room for several hours!

After spending the Memorial Day weekend here in town, we headed down there on Monday afternoon.  We visited the National Eagle Center in nearby Wabasha, and went back to Wabasha the next day to go to the largest independently-owned toy store in the country.  That was so cute!  It had lots of different rooms with books, trains, tea parties, dolls, and toys.  Leah loved the big wall of rubber duckies, and she really loved playing with the train set.  It also had an indoor carousel, which she really wanted to like but didn't.  She did like the llamas they had outside!  Our biggest miss on the toy store was that we forgot the zip-zac!  She would have had a great time wheeling herself around and getting to everything she wanted to see.  

We had a few fun excursions but we also had fun hanging around the house.  Our weather was chilly and rainy but there were a few moments of sunshine, and we were able to get outside with Leah in her zip-zac.  She rolled all over the driveway and even got up the courage to roll across the street to catch the ducks she'd been pointing at all week.  So great to see her independence!  We came home in time to have another long weekend at home.  What a great time off!