My Version of Spontaneity

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a planner. I don't do well with spontaneous or unplanned things. Well the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend my friend and I were emailing back and forth talking about our weekend plans. She mentioned she would like to go away for the weekend. I concurred. I said I would love to just go and check in to a hotel and spend the weekend by the pool. Then a lightbulb went off... why not just do it. I spent the next couple of hours thinking about it and while we were out to dinner with my mom, I went ahead and booked a hotel room from my phone. 

That night we went home and packed everything because the next day Carlee had school and once we left the house in the morning for school we weren't returning until after our getaway. After I checked into work for a bit and picked Carlee up, we were on our way to Palm Springs!

As we approached Cabazon, I asked if she wanted to stop for a {diet} root beer float. She replied, "Oh yeah! Those have ice cream in it!" Apparently she's had a root beer float before. We didn't stop at the outlets because shopping with a 3 year old is no fun, but we did stop at A&W.

Once we got to the room, Carlee quickly claimed her bed. She chose this one because "there's purple in the picture and there's a remote and it has a chair next to it!" Her words. 

Can you tell she's claiming it?

That was short lived because she wanted to go to the pool.

Mom, I'm ready!

Laying out...

After swimming for a bit, we ventured out, had dinner, then walked around and found an ice cream place for dessert.

The next morning Carlee woke up at 7:30... it must have been a vacation! Then she was ready to go to the pool. 

Eating beef jerky by the pool.

It was a little chilly that morning from the wind. We decided to come back to the pool later. Instead we headed over to a children's museum.

Carlee playing with a magnet wall.

She was supposed to be tracing over the fossils but I think she was writing letters instead.

Waiting her turn at the grocery store. In her cart she has lots of fruits and vegetables, but then she threw in popcorn and ice cream. That's my girl!

After the museum, we had lunch and tried the pool again. The weather was much nicer. So for the next couple of hours we did this...

Which led to a 3 hour one of these...

After our naps (yes, I even napped) we got ready and headed out to dinner. We met my grandpa for dinner since he lives out there and we don't see him all that often. 

Carlee at dinner out on the patio making a face of course. I like the palm trees in the back.

The next day we checked out of the hotel and made our way to the living desert zoo. Carlee always enjoys zoos. She was taking pictures of all the animals. 

 It was such a pretty day.

 Carlee doing her souvenir puzzle while still at the zoo. This kid loves puzzles. She didn't want to wait.

After the zoo, we were going to try to make it to the aerial tramway before heading home, but before we even left the zoo parking lot Carlee was asleep. 

I would have taken more pictures if my point and shoot didn't die the day we got there and if I didn't forget my battery charger. That's what I get for being spontaneous and not packing according to a list.