Hayden and I started out our kiddo weekend by doing some
shopping. Her school is right around the corner from the Scottsdale Quarter so
we walked around and picked up a few things; a couple of shirts for her and a
couple of shirts for me. I love having a little shopping buddy.
After that we checked into our hotel, the Pointe Hilton
Squaw Peak Resort. The room was nice and we dropped off all of our stuff before
we drove to Aunt Chilada's for dinner. The weather was perfect so we sat
outside on the patio. We colored and played tic-tac-toe. After dinner we went
back to the hotel to change into our swimsuits and then walked over to the
pool. The water was a little cool (for our thin Arizona blood) but that didn't
stop us from going down the water slide multiple times! We also made our way
over to the hot tub for a little soak before grabbing ice cream and heading back
to our room.
Even though we had two beds I asked Hayden if she wanted to
share a bed. She immediately said yes!
We never let the girls sleep in our bed so this was a super special
treat (plus I love it too!)
The next morning Hayden woke up and told me that she had a
loose tooth! She just lost a tooth a few weeks before (and it happened within a
few hours of noticing that it was loose) so I wondered if this tooth would come
out over the weekend. (It was actually about a week later but we talked about that loose tooth A LOT during the weekend.)
She asked if we could get bagels for breakfast so we ate at Bruegger's
Bagels. Nothing fancy but exactly what my little gal wanted.
From there we drove to North Scottsdale to check out the new
Butterfly Wonderland. This place is amazing. We started with a 3D movie about
the monarch butterflies migration, then saw an entire room where butterflies
are in different stages of metamorphosis, and finally into a huge atrium where
there were thousands of butterflies. Hayden and I each got to "hold"
a butterfly and we were able to get a bunch of really cool pictures of
different types of butterflies. It's definitely an experience I would recommend.
Then we drove to the mall to check out Build a Bear. I had
heard about it before but neither of us had ever been to one before. We had a
great time! Hayden picked out a bear, gave it a heart, stuffed it, cleaned it,
dressed it, named it, and even got to make a birth certificate. She named it
Princess Aurora and she loved the whole process. We grabbed a quick lunch at
Paradise Bakery and then drove to get pedicures and manicures.
After relaxing and getting pampered we dropped our stuff off
at the hotel and then went to dinner at Sauce followed by fro-yo. The frozen
yogurt place we went to was packed so we took our fro-yo back to the hotel and
ate it in the room before heading back down to the pool. We took a few trips
down the water slide, hit up the hot tub again, and then turned in for the
night. We snuggled in bed and Hayden was asleep by 8:00. Not really a wild and
crazy night, but a perfect ending to our very busy day.
The next morning we were up early and drove to Daily Dose
for breakfast. We sat outside on the patio at a high-top table. Hayden insisted
on having a bagel for breakfast (again) and she loved it. After breakfast we
went back to the hotel to meet Matt and Anabelle for more swimming in the pool
and a fun way to end our kiddo weekend as a family.
The best part of the weekend? Even after all of the fun
stuff that we did, Hayden told me that her favorite part of the weekend was
getting to sleep with me. I'm so
grateful for that one-on-one time that I got to spend with her and that her favorite part was time with me, not something material.
See pictures for more fun from the weekend!
