Great Wolf Lodge

We sort of decided on a whim two weeks ago to take the kids to the Great Wolf Lodge. It's so close but we've never been. We didn't really do much this summer in terms of vacation or excitement so we figured we'd check it out. To say Sophia was thrilled would be a gross understatement. Although she was disappointed that it wasn't a long drive (she wanted to watch tv in the car) as soon as we walked in the lobby she exclaimed that it was the best place she had ever been! The room about sent her into a tizzy. The kids had their own "wolf den" complete with bunk beds and a TV. This sent her over the edge. She begged me from the time we got into the room, through the water park, in the bathtub and during PJ dressing to watch a show from her bed*. We only stayed one night but we were able to utilize the park all day on Sunday. We tried to take full advantage. The kids had a blast and we look forward to going back!

before we could even go to the water resort they had to try the beds out!

Whoosh!

Leo must have gone down this slide easily 100 times before the weekend was up!

Sleepy boy drinking his milk in mom and dad's bed

enjoying some Dippin' Dots during story time

there was a huge "magic" tree with talking animals and Leo was very intrigued

giant live animals, however, is all Sophia! Leo ran screaming.

*So by the time the kids were actually ready to sleep it was a little bit late. Plus, the TV had limited stations and there were no kid shows on. Sophia was insistent on trying to watch something so as I flipped channels looking for something kid-ish she spied baseball and shouted out...Oh, MOM! Is that baseball? I'll watch that, no problem! LOL! I obliged, even though she's never watched baseball a minute in her life, but anything on that TV was better than nothing! the next morning we hit the arcade after breakfast!

this game Leo was actually able to throw balls at the screen, this was a big hit.

aah-oooooooooooooo!

and this is possibly the best picture of all!

Charlie was so fast coming out of that slide that this was the only picture I was able to get! Sophia wasn't interested in the slides that required tubes and although Leo probably would have gone, he was too little. Charlie and I had fun on them, but the only bad part was having to take turns!