More weekend fun

I have a confession to make...I'm kind of in love. With Cleveland.

I know, I know, it's not what you expected. In fact, more than half of you (ok, probably ALL of you) are scratching your heads right now and saying, "Cleveland? No, surely she meant... somewhere else..." But no, I assure you, I meant Cleveland.

I feel a little bit like Liz Lemon in the "Cleveland Get-Away" episode of 30 Rock, where she visits Cleveland with her boyfriend, Floyd, and falls in love with the city. You probably desperately want to watch that clip now. Lucky for you, it's right here! http://www.hulu.com/watch/856/30-rock-cleveland-get-away

There are just so many great things to do in this city, and even though we live in Painesville, it's really just a short 25-35 minute drive from pretty much anywhere in the city. It's no New York, or Chicago, or D.C...but sometimes I think that's a good thing. You get all the fun of being a tourist in your own town, without the crazy traffic and hassles that can go with a bigger city.

We had a fun weekend. Saturday afternoon we went to Geneva-on-the-Lake (NOT Cleveland, the other direction actually, but since it's a post about the weekend and it was fun, I want to include it!). It's a small town about 20 miles east of Painesville and every summer they open up the main "drag" and it's filled with street food and souvenir shops and arcades and just fun stuff. Completely up my alley:-) We played putt-putt and Aiden loved it! Sunday we went to the Museum of Natural History again (we're really getting our money's worth on our passes!). The kids had a blast, and we even got to watch the animal keeper feed the raccoons, the bobcats and the red fox! On the way home we made an impromptu stop at a cool park with a splash pad, and the kids had a great time:)