Cannon Beach Trip

We had a fun four days in Cannon Beach. Mike and I have both decided that the trip was definitely fun but was nowhere near relaxing. Mike also decided yesterday that now he can see us leaving the boys overnight. So we can go to the beach by ourselves and actually relax. Novel idea.

Our room was nice but didn't have a separate bedroom. This meant that naptime put a damper on the afternoon. I had to sit in bed with Sully while he napped, then Mike took my place after his walk. Next time we definitely need a separate bedroom. Or kids who are old enough to skip naptime!

Anyway, we were beachfront in a room that was just a basic room, queen bed, sofa bed, fridge/microwave...and it had an awesome jacuzzi tub! Fun stuff. Its amazing how many bubbles you can create with a little bit of baby shampoo and the jets on full-blast. ;o)

So, the bathroom made the lack-of-bedroom worth it.

The hotel itself is just really, really nice. Breakfast is available for a few hours each morning. They call it continental but it is so much more than that. There were scones/cakes/breads/bagels/english muffins, hard boiled eggs, yogurt, fresh fruit, sliced melon, cereal, granola, oatmeal....and on & on. All the coffee you wanted, too. In the afternoon they put a cake server out with something like poundcake or coffee cake or another goodie. And all day long they have cookies and hot coffee available. The boys were in heaven with the cookies, Mike and I put the 24/7 coffee to good use. Now that we're home, I kind of miss having coffee at-the-ready. Our pot turns off after two hours. ;o)

The hotel also has "turn down" service which, while it seemed unnecessary considering that the boys jumped on the bed all day long so it was messy anyway, came with two chocolates per bed so Keaton was waaaaaaay impressed by the turn-down service. The second night I caught the guy before he turned down our beds and told him he needn't bother with the turn-down as long as Keats still got his chocolates. :o)

We had dinner out all three nights and there were no plate-throwing incidents from either of the Moore boys. Whew.

I took the boys to play at the beach for a couple of hours each morning. We played in the little inlet-thingy. That was such a perfect spot since the water was just a couple of inches deep and had plenty of rocks for the boys to play with and throw. It was really nice to have that little area to play in. This way I could take them down to the beach but I could actually relax a little since Sully had a distraction from running directly into the ocean. I think this will be the hotel we stay in from now on, in large part because of that inlet area.

The hotel also had a nice play area for the boys. Lots of books, lincoln logs, tinker toys, mega-blocks, stacking alphabet blocks...all in a nice area that overlooked the lodge entrance and a nice big fire, complete with snapping logs. It was great to take a cup of coffee to the area and let the boys play. There was a funny sign above the play area that read, "All unattended children will be given an espresso and a free puppy." That sign cracked me up.

It was really nice to get home, though. We all missed the kittens. Thankfully, Aunt Debbie & Uncle Vince (assisted by Rona) visited the kittens while we were away. Reuben and Moose were a little annoyed with us just after we came home...mad that we left them, I suppose...but within a few hours each of them (separately) insisted that I lie down and let them purr and rub on my face. So I guess they missed us, too.

The laundry we created this week was incredible. Picture one of those extra-large green garbage bags full of clothes. Imagine how many clothes it could hold and how heavy the bag would be. Then double what you've imagined. That's what we created! I took four pairs of pants for each kid, plus what they wore on the way there, plus their swim trunks...and we had to put the pants in front of the fireplace every day because on each trip down to the beach (two or three a day) they soaked through another pair of pants. I cannot believe I underpacked. That is so not my nature! Lol.

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