the majority of the second week was spent in arizona with me. yippee!
{that's how I felt at least}. i got them ALL to myself which is a rare treat.
a mom/son only trip wasn't what we originally planned.
mr. g was going to join us, but work is super crazy for him and will be for
another 2 weeks. when he mentioned having to take and make tons of calls
while we were driving and having to work some, i said no siree.
this trip was all about downtime. the rule was NO working...at all.
if c needed to work, he needed to stay home to do it, and that he did.
he was bummed but I assured he would go back. {hiking to the bottom
of the canyon and back up with the entire family is on my bucket list}
at dark o'thirty on tuesday morning, we pulled out of san diego, with the
audiobook of wonder {and others} on my phone. scout prefers reading
over audiobooks, so while finn and i listened through earphones through a
splitter, scout had his head in the paper book he received for easter.
we stopped only once to use the restroom, get gas and eat breakfast.
we were all GLUED to the story. it.is.phenomenal!! we laughed and
cried together a lot together....well the boys didn't cry out loud, that was
just me.
we arrived in northern phoenix around 2pm that afternoon.
scout had finished the entire book {as i've shared before, the kid devours books}.
he announced that he loved it and that the julian chapter would be my favorite.
finn and i still had 1/4 of the book left to listen to. i had scout promise not give
anything away.
we stayed somewhere new this time. i booked us at the wigwam resort.
because it was quintessential arizona, all rooms were low-slung casitas,
and the hotel had pool slides, a must for parents with boys.
scout luckily {and just barely} met the 48" height requirement to go on
the hotel waterslides. whew!
some highlights:
- sharing a huge california king bed...our 'thing' when we vacation together
- shaved ice from hannas
- sushi at a little boutique restaurant that we walked to from our hotel
- going down the waterslides {all of us}
- watching godzilla and eating popcorn in the hotel bed
i put my phone away for most of the trip....determined to soak up every minute i could
with the two little men that call me mom. it was a bit of heaven.
after some time in the desert, we headed north to the grand canyon's south rim.
{stay tuned}
