Our Staycation

For those of you who don't know what a staycation is let me explain... With the economy as it is presently a lot of families are opting out of huge vacations where they are forced to stay in a hotel and pay enormous amounts of money for their family time. Instead the trend is to stay near home and experience our local area. For our family that meant staying home not doing chores and making bag lunches for our daily outings with simple easy dinners waiting for us when we got back.

Day 1:

We had a bbq that we attended and then a swim in our community pool followed by dinner at a yummy mexican resturant.

Day 2:

We went to San Francisco Zoo. Our almost 2 year old was so intriqued by the animals. She LOVED the petting zoo and was simply in awe the whole day. Sarai (our little one) absolutely freaked out in the bug house but loved just about everything else... Seeing it through her eyes was so neat.While our older daughter Adeline is always eager to see the penquins. One of the biggest highlights was seeing a bird egg hatch before our eyes. How cool is that! After a long day of walking through the zoo we came home and played games for the evening and prepared for the next day.

Day 3:

We went to the Tech Museum in San Jose a place none of us had ever been to and it was interesting to see all the neat hands on projects. Adeline had a blast and Daniel and Iwere able to watch her experiment with different activities. We walked through 3 stories of energy saving ideas, internet teaching (and pop quiz), an entire area for space and deep sea also a mock street corner that you could stand on and feel a huge earthquake hit. Overall so interesting.

We decided to end the day with Toy Story 3 and The Prince of Perisa at the drive in. Adeline's very first drive in! We brought snacks and drinks and blankets too... And sat out on the truck bed and enjoyed the movie. What a great evening!

Day 4:

We relaxed! After days packed with adventures and driving we decided to really stay close to home. We got a yummy Jamba Juice for lunch did some light shopping and had our final staycation dinner at Chipotle.

This was our very first staycation and it was absoutely great! We had SO much fun spending quality time together without breaking the bank our budget was just $120 and we stayed below that amount. We have decided that we will be doing another staycation next year and have actually already began thinking of places to attend. I think sometimes we get too caught up in the day to day grind to enjoy both the area where we live and eachother! But... with a few days and thankfully a small amount of money we were able to make memories that will last us a lifetime! :)