This week we had an unexpected treat - an overnight stay at Great Wolf Lodge in PA with Carol, Ryan and Addie! Carol and I hatched the plan over the weekend, and we all set off together on Tuesday at 12:30, after taking both boys out of school early. All the kids were beside themselves with excitement -- a waterpark!!! a sleepover!!! too much happiness!!! When we arrived we were able to go right to our room with all our stuff, change into our swimsuits, and head straight for the waterpark. It's quite a place... loads of different kinds of pools (kids pool, wave pool, lazy river, etc), tons of different slides, some of which involve different sized rafts, a huge "treehouse" with loads of water gadgets you can control... it's very easy to spend two days there and not run out of things to do or enjoy. The kids were great, no meltdowns at all, except for occasional little things that you'd expect. They didn't even mind when it was time to go back to the room after our first few hours there; we all changed out of our swimsuits and headed down the road for dinner (the only downside to Great Wolf: overpriced, unexceptional food). We got back just in time to zip to the room and change into jammies for storytime in the lobby, where dozens of kids and their parents gathered for the event. After that... bedtime! The girls were asleep almost as their heads hit the pillows, and the boys took a bit longer, but not too bad. Carol and I stayed up chatting for a good while, then finally zonked out. Why did Maddie have to wake up at 6am, way earlier than normal??!! Ugh. So tired. But anyway, we had a nice breakfast in our room that we'd all packed from home, checked out of the room for good, and spent the ENTIRE day in the waterpark, with a short break for a pizza lunch. I think one of my favorite parts were these neat waterslides that started at the top of the treehouse, that you just sit down in and slide (no raft) -- they're sooooo swirly and fast, I screamed the whole way down the first time - both kids loved them! Maddie was amazing, no fear. The wave pool was cool, too - the waves were so strong they could easily knock you down if you weren't careful! We all spent that last 2 hours or so in the warmest, smallest pool, just paddling around, Maddie floating in a dreamy, smiling way, kicking around, Ollie finally able to take off his life jacket and swim on his own (it was 3 feet deep!). Maddie kept talking about how she couldn't wait to tell Daddy everything -- we're looking forward to our next visit already, as Daddy will certainly love it, too!
This week we had an unexpected treat - an overnight stay at Great Wolf Lodge in PA with Carol, Ryan and Addie! Carol and I hatched the plan over the weekend, and we all set off together on Tuesday at 12:30, after taking both boys out of school early. All the kids were beside themselves with excitement -- a waterpark!!! a sleepover!!! too much happiness!!! When we arrived we were able to go right to our room with all our stuff, change into our swimsuits, and head straight for the waterpark. It's quite a place... loads of different kinds of pools (kids pool, wave pool, lazy river, etc), tons of different slides, some of which involve different sized rafts, a huge "treehouse" with loads of water gadgets you can control... it's very easy to spend two days there and not run out of things to do or enjoy. The kids were great, no meltdowns at all, except for occasional little things that you'd expect. They didn't even mind when it was time to go back to the room after our first few hours there; we all changed out of our swimsuits and headed down the road for dinner (the only downside to Great Wolf: overpriced, unexceptional food). We got back just in time to zip to the room and change into jammies for storytime in the lobby, where dozens of kids and their parents gathered for the event. After that... bedtime! The girls were asleep almost as their heads hit the pillows, and the boys took a bit longer, but not too bad. Carol and I stayed up chatting for a good while, then finally zonked out. Why did Maddie have to wake up at 6am, way earlier than normal??!! Ugh. So tired. But anyway, we had a nice breakfast in our room that we'd all packed from home, checked out of the room for good, and spent the ENTIRE day in the waterpark, with a short break for a pizza lunch. I think one of my favorite parts were these neat waterslides that started at the top of the treehouse, that you just sit down in and slide (no raft) -- they're sooooo swirly and fast, I screamed the whole way down the first time - both kids loved them! Maddie was amazing, no fear. The wave pool was cool, too - the waves were so strong they could easily knock you down if you weren't careful! We all spent that last 2 hours or so in the warmest, smallest pool, just paddling around, Maddie floating in a dreamy, smiling way, kicking around, Ollie finally able to take off his life jacket and swim on his own (it was 3 feet deep!). Maddie kept talking about how she couldn't wait to tell Daddy everything -- we're looking forward to our next visit already, as Daddy will certainly love it, too! 
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