Stay-cation

Neither Ken nor I had anything planned or on our calendar for last weekend, so Ken planned us a little stay-cation.  The girls have been wanting to go fishing for quite awhile, so we started Saturday morning by fishing at the local community lake.  When Amelia was just a baby, somebody gave us a cute little pink fishing pole and it's been collecting dust for years . . . until now.  Amelia was all set with her fishing pole and her chair.

She was so excited to actually be fishing.  When I asked her to smile, she smiled and yelled "Happy New Year!".  Hopefully we didn't scare away any fish . . . or any neighboring fishermen.

Sophia was sad that she didn't have a fishing pole just her size, but she happily used Ken's pole.

 She was so excited to reel in the line "by myself".

 Could Sophia be any happier?

The girls lasted A LOT longer than I thought they would . . . almost a whole hour.  The girls said they had fun, but Amelia was sad that we didn't catch a fish.  The person next to us did, so at least Amelia got to see a live fish up close and personal.  Maybe we'll have better luck next time?

After lunch, we headed to a Burfoot Park in Olympia.  A park with playground equipment AND beachfront.  The girls loved it.  It was such perfect weather too - not too hot, not too cold.  The only thing that would have made it better was if I had actually planned appropriately and brought swim clothes with us, so that the girls didn't have to run around in their shirts and diapers.  Oh well!

And then on Monday, we headed to the Pt. Defiance Zoo in Tacoma.  I've been there before and think it's a perfect size zoo for little people.  Completely walkable and able to see all the animals within a few hours.  Amelia's favorite animals were the fish in the aquarium and the polar bear.  Sophia loved watching the walrus swim.  She was content to sit and watch the walrus swim back and forth, back and forth.

All in all, a great weekend - very relaxing and minimal amount of money spent.