Quick Getaway

After a week in which your toddler gets the stomach flu, your oven loses its mind and your washing machine goes on the blink, you don't just want a getaway -- you need one.

Lucky for us, Nana & Cousin Brian were going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium last Saturday and invited us to tag along. The Aquarium was crazy-crowded, as usual, but Django was fearless -- and thrilled. Loud noises, wiggling creatures, wet things to touch: what fun.

Nana also got us our own (first) motel room. Giant cable tv, bouncy bed, unlimited snacks, restaurant meals, and multiple book readers at the ready: I think that's when Django figured out we
were really on vacation. We also got to ride in a paddle boat, feed cheese puffs to geese, and play at the coolest playground we've seen yet -- the Dennis the Menace playground at the Estero.

If anybody else wants to sponsor our company on their weekend escape, just tell us where to be and when. We'd be happy to join you, especially if you intend to be as wonderful to us as Nana & Cousin Brian were.