Gaylord Getaway

The week between Christmas and New Years, we went for an over-nighter at the Gaylord Resort at the National Harbor. Well, we were supposed to go on the 23rd, but a brush with the stomach flu made us put it off for a week. It was tons of fun!
It snowed inside the hotel and had a pretty cool fountain show set to Christmas music:




We went swimming in the hotel pool, where they showed Christmas movies on a big screen (and wore matching swimming suits):

We snuggled in the big hotel bed:

We visited the sculpture garden, which featured Dr. Seuss sculptures:

And best of all (and why we went in the first place), we visited the ICE show, which was a big indoor arena filled with ice sculptures of the Grinch and the Who's. It was freezing inside (9 degrees), so we had to wear these big, blue parkas over our regular coats:

Isla got bundled up in about 37 blankets:

It was pretty cool inside:

Isla fell asleep right away:

The highlight was a slide made out of ice. I stayed with Isla, but Scott and the big kids loved it and said it was really fast:




It was a great little mini trip!