Here's a day-by-day breakdown of the festivities, not because you care, but because I'll need this to look back on when I scrapbook this seven years from now. (If all you want are photos, scroll down now.)
Day One: Arrived at Great Wolf Lodge. The boys went crazy over our room and the little room-within-the-room that looked like a tent and had bunk beds just for them. We sounded like a Great Wolf Lodge commercial when Christopher exclaimed, "Great Wolf Lodge is a GREAT place!" And that was even before we'd seen the waterpark, which is where we headed next. It had 3 huge water slides that you ride on an inner tube and two that Christopher rode by himself, just sliding down. There were multiple pools with various features and plenty of places to play! Christopher loved riding all the slides (although he didn't ride the scariest one until the last day), and Will enjoyed splashing around in the pools and fountains. Christopher was so excited that when Noel and I went to bed at 10:45 p.m., Christopher was still wide awake, watching the clock and waiting for morning. We have no idea when he went to sleep that night!
Day Two: After breakfast on the patio outside our room (Fruit Loops!), we headed back to the waterpark. A couple of hours later, we dragged Christopher away from the water slides for lunch at the nearby T-Rex Cafe. This place was incredible. You felt like you were eating among the dinosaurs, complete with sound effects and a "meteor shower" every 30 minutes. There was a huge aquarium right behind our booth, complete with sharks. After lunch and decorating dinosaur-shaped rice krispie treats for dessert, the boys went to play in the Paleozone, uncovering dinosaur fossils and learning more about dinosaurs. Just walking around the two-story restaurant seeing all the dinosaurs was a lot of fun! Later that day, the boys went to get ice cream with Grandpa and went to the lobby for evening story time while Noel and I went out on a date. Christopher said the highlight was meeting Wiley the Wolf after story time.
Day Three: Noel and Grandpa took the boys to Cabela's to look at everything an outdoorsman could ever need. Then we ate lunch at Ted's Montana Grill (love that place!) and went back to the water park. We hit the outdoor part of the water park for the first time, and Will fell in love with the little frog slide. We went back to story time that evening and Christopher was excited to see Wiley again!
Day Four: Noel and Grandpa took the boys to play mini-golf for their first time. Will's strategy was, "I'll just move the ball closer to the hole." Then we visited the water park one final time, and Christopher discovered that he loved the Howling Wolf--the scary slide that is completely dark for most of the slide. Will enjoyed floating on Mommy and Daddy's laps on the lazy river, and Christopher enjoyed pushing me through the waterfall on the lazy river, over and over again. Then it was lunch at Culver's and time to head home. The boys can't wait to go back to Great Wolf Lodge! We highly recommend it!
The boys peeking out of their "Kid Camp"
Indoor water park
Christopher at the end of one of the water slides
Noel and Will on the lazy river
Will loved to climb on this snake
Noel and Christopher shooting out of the water slide
Will and his beloved frog slide
The boys in front of T-Rex Cafe
Eating at T-Rex Cafe
Christopher decorating his dinosaur dessert while Grandpa discusses which part he's going to eat
Digging for fossils in the Paleozone
Christopher and Triceratops
The boys in the lobby, waiting for story time
Christopher and Wiley the Wolf (Will watched from afar)
Playing mini-golf
3 comments:
Wow! What a fun place. I had never heard of it before. I will have to remember that in the future!
That place looks AWESOME!!! I think I may have to go there some day!!!
If I should ever go missing, there's a pretty good chance that you'll find me in the lazy river at Great Wolf Lodge. That looks awesome!
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