Portland Retreat

We just got back from our weekend getaway to Portland, ME and are now back to the regular routine but thoroughly refreshed! We arrived Friday night to the executive suite complete with champagne and chocolates. Yum! The room was huge and had way more than we needed for a weekend - microwave, fridge, dining table with four chairs! The best part about the hotel was its lovely mint soaps, lotion, and shampoo which I definitely took with me :) The first night we stayed in and ate at the hotel restaurant. Not the best meal but at least we didn't have to go anywhere and it was free so what can you do? The next day I awoke early much to my annoyance and couldn't go back to sleep so we were out the door and having breakfast by 7am. Later in the morning we dressed for the cold and headed out to explore downtown Portland. We went in shops and then ate lunch which took us to our movie matinee. Other than a girls' night out a couple months ago I hadn't been to the movies in ages. So we were excited to see "There Will Be Blood". If you haven't seen this movie yet, DON'T. It was no good and LONG too. Later we got some Indian food for dinner - again, not the best - but still ok and then went to a little cafe for coffee and dessert. Other than that we relaxed the rest of the time - hung out, read, watched TV, slept...I'm happy to report I was able to sleep longer the second morning! We headed back Sunday afternoon and were here when the boys woke up from their naps. Ben gave me a nice smile when I went to get him but then sobbed through his snack and put his head in my lap as if he'd held all his sadness in while we were gone and was now pouring out his little heart to me. After about a half hour he was over it and glad to have us back. Cal woke up happy to see me and as always a little tentative about Eric being back but that didn't take too long to change. So everyone is happy to be back doing what we do daily/weekly and we'll just dream about our next little getaway :)