Christmas Break

For the past six months when I would ask Mykey to take time off from work so we could go play, his response was, "I ain't got no vacation days left.  I done used 'em all when we had the baby." This answer disturbed me...mostly because his grammar is terrible.

Suddenly, Mykey approaches me one day and says, "Guess what!  I realized that I actually do have some vacation days left.  I gotta hurry up and use 'em or I lose 'em." 

That guy.  

It all worked out though because he was able to take off the majority of Kitty's Christmas break from school. It was good to have both of them around.

So...what to do with all this new-found time off?   

Well, we decided to go on a weekend adventure to Knoxville.  And what a marvelous adventure we had! 

We saw the Sunsphere that was built for the 1982 World's Fair.  We looked out over a beautiful panoramic view of the entire city, which Kitty deemed boring.

We went to the zoo, where the animals were quite active and Mykey nibbled on a chocolate-dipped banana and reminisced about his childhood memories of eating them. He and Kitty also rode in a flying machine and Kitty immortalized Squiggly on the big screen.

We visited the science museum and had a hair-raising experience with a Van De Graaff generator.  The museum was actually very cool.  My 2 nerds were in heaven.

Kitty zipped down a slide at rocket speed.

We took an evening stroll through a light display.  It was freezing cold outside but the lights were incredibly beautiful.

We explored some caverns and took a boat ride on The Lost Sea, America's largest underground lake.

And we made time for the all-important hotel lounging.  Baby is a natural at it.

Wow! What a weekend. It sure was nice to get out of town for a bit.  

Good thing Mykey saved all those vacation days for us.