Cincinnati Trip

We've taken a trip to Michigan the last couple years (minus last summer, Addie was too tiny), but decided to do something different this year and check out Cincinnati. We left early Saturday morning, well, 10am. ;) and checked out a castle that is outside of Cincinnati. It was built in the mid 1900s by hand. The kids thought it was pretty cool. :)

After our Castle tour, we visited Mediterranean Restaurant (Mirage) that was very good and the kids were surprisingly well behaved as well! We treated them to ice cream in the car on the way down to our hotel after our late lunch. Upon checking into the hotel, they made a mistake on our room assignment - we went up to the room with all of our stuff and the bellman and someone was already in that room. So we ended up with a free upgrade. :) Our new room was up one floor and facing the river - which became a huge bonus for the kids. :) We also now got unlimited snacks from the vending machine on our floor as well as in room Keurig coffee - big for me. ;) The kids immediately went to check out the pool with Daddy.

We got a pizza for the kids - the hotel had a small Noble Roman's one main floor and we ended up getting carry-out sushi from a nearby place after the kids were tucked in. We even got to watch some fireworks being shot off over the river.

Train Park!

Mamaw was watching Bobby on a Friday since his school was closed, so we planned a trip to the Train Park for some play time and a picnic lunch. :) A train came through right after we got there! Another came through while we were playing and we spotted a third on our way home, but turned around so the kids could watch it from the car at the crossing.

Splash Park Round 1