The eSSentials of a good vacation....

In my book the essentials of any good vacation involve the four S'....Swimming, Shopping, Snacking & Snoozing...Ava went on her first girl's trip to the Dallas area this past weekend and was introduced to this vacationing philosophy. Our hotel was great! They feed us breakfast and dinner, they had an awesome pool and our suite was beautiful. So I will give a run down of the trip following the four S' rule...

Swimming: The awesome pool had a sun deck perfect for Ava to play on. We went swimming every day and several times had the pool all to ourselves.

Shopping: Our hotel was right down the way from the outlet shops so we spent lots of time there. Then also made a trip one day to Ikea, this was Ava's first trip there, you can tell by her photo she was so excited. Okay maybe I was the one that was so excited but still a historic first that had to be documented.

Snoozing: We slept in each day. Even Ava slept later than usual and a few days even took naps when we were wore out from the first two S'. It was so nice to have a slower pace where we didn't have to be anywhere at anytime. I love trips that can just be planned each day as you decide what you feel like doing that day.

*Notice arrow pointing to Ava below*

Snacking: We found a yogurt-ville not too far from the hotel that we went to a couple nights, we also got some giant chocolate chip cookies and ate other yummy snacks along the way.

So there you have it vacationing the four S style. Thankful for more special memories to file away with my girl. Gald for the time away this week its back to our usual routines, a little more renewed and refreshed by the time away.