And, away we go!

Today we left for our vacation in Florida. Grandma stayed at the house and left after we did to maintain the illusion for the girls. We talked about where we were going as we drove. Jules thought we were going to The Lakehouse - a residence of our friends. We have been there before and stayed overnight, so it seemed natural to the girls that we would pack up and go. And, they thought that Daddy would get to go with us this time.

We kept the girls busy with some new activities: princess draw boards and coloring books. They stored them in their princess backpacks we had purchased for this trip, but the girls got them a few weeks ago.

Both Kitty and Jules kept asking when we would be there. We said we weren't there yet, but soon. As they watched movies later in the afternoon, they still didn't get that we weren't going to The Lakehouse. Jules did wonder why it took us so long to get there.

We spent the night at a hotel in Marietta, Georgia. We went swimming and then to bed.