Kansas City Here We Come!

I will be offline for the next few days. We have had our Jack and Annie Magic Treehouse tickets
forever, but we have now turned it all into a somewhat-last-minute- mini-getaway. Last night we booked a room in the Kansas City plaza area on hotwire. Because it was short notice, we got a pretty good deal.

It has been forever since I have been the downtown Crown Center area and thanks to advice from Liz, Jenny, and Erica we now have have some very fun things planned. We will be heading to the Santa's Gingerbread Village, Science City at Union Station and the Kalediscope at Hallmark. Lucy and Megan are signed up for an independent art class at the Kalediscope for an hour and a half on Friday. Not only will that be so much fun for them as they love art, but that will allow me a little time to peruse some of the shops around the Plaza (can't wait for that!) or just hang out with Dave and Max.

Now of course with this being an expensive time of year of anyway, I worried about the cost of getting away. Since one of my gifts is being able to justify anything, I had to do a breakdown of reasoning: Magic Treehouse tickets have been paid for since September, one night at hotel was a good deal (and a hotel overnight is something the kids have been asking for forever), Friday night we are staying with good friends that live in Overland Park, Science City is free because of our reciprocal pass here, Hallmark, art class, and gingerbread village are also free. In addition to this, our family really does need to get away. Impromptu planning (is that an oxymoron?) is something we don't do very often and the kids have no idea that we are leaving today after lunch...I can't wait to tell them!