mini get-away

For the first time in 1.5 years, the husband and I took an over-night trip somewhere without the kids. Thanks to the grandparents (and my brother), we got to sneak out to the cape for a couple days, and just...chill. We had originally thought that we could walk the cute streets of Hyannis and drive along the ocean coast. But when we got to our cozy hotel, we realized all we really wanted to do was to sit around, have time to chat, sleep whenever we wanted, and eat good food. And so, that's what we did. Besides going into town for meals (those $1 oysters were amazing - harvested locally and really really fresh), we mostly just hungout in our hotel lobby - a cozy and empty livingroom-like space. We brought out a stack of books to read, we talked about things we normally don't have time to talk about - how our marriage is going, highlights from 2012, hopes/questions for 2013, movies we want to see, etc., and we napped when we wanted to nap. It was nice to be so close to home (about an hour drive), so it didn't feel like we were too far from the kids. But to have the time and freedom to just be the two of us...that was glorious.