Night away

Last night our family spent the night in Cincinnati. We first stopped in Loveland, OH and toured a castle (Chateau LaRoche) which was built by hand. It is beautiful! We're so glad we took a route a tiny bit out of the way to see it!
After that we went to Newport, KY to the aquarium. We had a great time! Elsie loved looking out at the fish and of course Annabelle was full of excitement and scurrying around. Then we checked in our hotel, Garfield Suites Hotel in Cincinnati. We found out our room was upgraded from a one bedroom with kitchen, living room and balcony to a 2 bedroom with all of those! YES! It was really nice. Outdated decor and appliances for sure. But VERY clean and right in downtown! We had dinner in town and enjoyed our evening there. Elsie had a juice high and ran like a wild woman around the room. The girl giggled more than she ever has!! She was tricking Annabelle and cracking us all up. She was the entertainment for the most part!
Today we walked around the city a bit. We tried to go to the observation deck on Carew Tower but it was closed. We checked out of the hotel and went to the Duke Energy Children's Museum. It is AWESOME. There is so much to do. Great places to build, GREAT places to pretend, climb, play with different materials and machines, etc. So fun! After that we headed home and stopped by Jeffersonville Outlet mall on the way home. We're exhausted and happy to be home, but it was a great trip.
Annabelle says "the woods" in the children's museum was the best part of the trip. I was very surprised at how well she slept in her own bedroom in the hotel with no night light or anything. We didn't have a single problem with that. She's growing up!
Great to get away for a night....also great to come back home!