Trip to Palm Springs...

Maelyne had her first out of town trip to Palm Springs on 4/29/09 to 5/1/09. Grandma came along with us since she has not visited this place yet. It was nice to have her with us. It was an almost 2 hour ride by car and so far this is the longest Maelyne has ever sat in her carseat. We can tell she hated being strapped that long so we had to stop after an hour drive so she can get off the carseat. She was still uneasy but we made it to the resort just fine. We checked-in at the Palm Springs Resort and Spa in a 2-bedroom villa at about 4:00 pm. Luckily we had the view of the swimming pool and the water slide. At night, Maelyne had a little bit of a problem sleeping probably because she was in a different bedroom but after a lot of turning from side to side she finally went to sleep. In the morning we had some shopping at the Cabazon Outlet. The weather was in the mid 70's so it was very comfortable. During lunch at the foodcourt, I saw a group of women with familiar faces, they were former Hybritech employees where I used to work. They told me there's about 25 of them just having a girl's weekend getaway in Palm Springs. Nice! I introduced Maelyne to them and they were pleased to meet her.
On our way back to the resort, we dropped off grandma at the Morongo Casino where she played the slot machines for a while and luck was in her favor. She left the casino with extra cash in her wallet. Good job grandma! Aren't you glad we brought you there. he! he!
Back at the resort, we put on the bathing suit we just bought for Maelyne and we headed to the swimming pool (at the 1 1/2 feet deep, of course). Remember when we were in China, she hated to bathe but now she loves the water. We played in the water with the ball for a while and she had fun! It was time to go back to our room and have dinner with grandma.
We checked out around 9:00 am on Friday and had breakfast at the IHOP restaurant. Maelyne enjoyed her pancakes and some scrambled eggs.

Having a fun time with grandma...

Maelyne loves the pool...