With no snow days this year, the girls got a vacation day this Friday. We took off after lunch on Thursday for a 2-day, 1-night stay at Great Wolf Lodge Resort. It really is a resort in that it caters only to lodgers (no day-passes to the water park) and is full of activities perfect for young families. We arrived at the start of Spring-a-Palooza! (spring-colored wolf ears, fresh spring decorations, I Spy and Spring Sprint scavenger hunts, and Spring Picnics in addition to the yoga, crafts, clock tower shows, story time, Wolf Walks, Jammie Jamborees, Hustle and Howls--the Ambassadors of Fun were busy!)
BINGO
Hopscotch in lobby
More space and money saved when you stay on Thursday vs. Friday ;)
Photo Ops:
unintentional Twinning
The girls were super comfortable in this area by themselves.
But the most fun was us all going down the raceway together (4 slides next to each other, head-first on rugs), thanks to Abigail reaching the 42'' mark!
Spent a lot of time in the wave pool.
Next time, we could stay longer and get the Paw Pass, or check out Kalahari! We love the Dells!
Abigail was a little shy about greeting her friends, but you could tell she really enjoyed having them all there for her!
They jumped. (Abigail's favorite,...just straight jumping :)
They climbed and dropped into a pit.
Parachute games... my favorite...while in the tent, we all screamed "Happy Birthday" and the parachute magically flew away!
They tired themselves out going through the obstacle course 8 times!
(Even Ben and I couldn't resist the chance do it and swim through the foam pit once.)
Lydia's favorite: bucket rides!
Giant cookie and ice cream and presents with: Ainslee, Autumn, Coleton, Logan, Marissa, Ayla (Abby just went to her party-Abby's 1st drop-off-and had a blast), Lydia.
What a fun way to have a party! Easy going for the parents!
I love to see the confidence she's gained this year at school. She's a hard worker and loves to read. I love to see her assemble her outfits from headbands to shoes.
She can keep calm; "Tickle me. I won't laugh." But her giggle is stinkin' cute!
She's also at an age when she will say or do at least 3 hilarious things a day! Are you kidding me?!
She could have had a Paczki with her birthday falling on Fat Tuesday, but she'd rather have a plain pink-frosted donut from Dunkin Donuts
I love to see her take care of her troop of babies, what she does with nearly all of her waking hours! She still sees Mickeys wherever there are three circles. She still enjoys lullabies and being rocked at night.
We love our Big 5 Year Old!
Meeting at McD's for lunch with the birthday girl!
Dressed up as a 100 year old (in celebration of the 100th day of school), Lydia gave Winter a stern look, and we got an amazing reprieve with May-like weather: sunny and temps in the 60's,
just in time for Sarah's baby shower. Guests who were coming "weather permitting," absolutely came!
Lydia and Aaliyah making encouraging or funny notes on Late Night Diapers.
The Sprecher Beer Garden opened up special for this warm weekend at Whitnall Park, and everybody came out. (Line was an hour long, but it was just great to be outside with people about.)
On Monday, I even took Rio to the beach. He's getting used to the sound of waves.
We enjoyed the outdoors, and indoors too. It's good to have Abigail work on her tong skills and help in the kitchen at the same time!
Lydia got an extra recess on one of the days. She was so happy when I picked her up. The singing continued all the way into the doctor's office. This is the waned enthusiasm version. Enjoy...
