The Great Wolf Lodge

After a long cold winter and Phil's busy season we like to get away for a bit. And this year we decided to again do the warm, close Great Wolf Lodge w/ the Meyerson's. We thought we'd surprise the kids and do it for Chase's birthday. We'd told the kids that we weren't doing a party for Chase, we were doing something much cooler. So when his birthday came and went they were a little confused. But we told them to keep holding on. So 2 days later we didn't take them to school. They were only slightly concerned/confused. Then we met up w/ the Meyerson's and were on our way. We stopped at 5 Guys on the way and the kids were just totally stumped. I had to pack the cooler w/ food for our stay so I told them we were doing a picnic. So when we stopped for lunch they just didn't get it. I told Ty he was doing a half day, so as we drove further and further away he wasn't understanding how it would work out. The kids all thought we were going to a really neat playground. And in a way we did!!

 Phil w/ 2 happy babies!

 This is their first reaction to seeing the sign for the Lodge. Ty missed it, but Chase saw the pic of the wolf and started yelling, "The great wolf lodge!!" And then my camera batteries died and I missed all the rest. DANG!!!!

 Inside! Eliza's reaction is so funny. She wasn't sure about the water shooting up.

 But then she warmed up to them!

 Sorry, another pic of Liza. Her little chubby legs just kill me.

 2 cute girls taking a break from all the water.

 The next morning I took Chase and Eliza to get him a wand to do the magical quest all over the lodge. This was Aunt Jessy's b-day gift to him. You go on this quest and wave your wand at all these things and they open, glow, talk, etc. Sort of weird, but all teh kids seem to love it!!

 Lucy having a hard time. I think she was sick of the lifejacket. Who can blame a girl?

 But a quick hug and all was well again. 

 Literally grinning from ear to ear. He LOVED this wave pool! He's getting so comfortable and brave in the water.

 Now in love w/ the water spouts.

 Is Lexi 15 now?!?!?

 Daddy and Liza having a snack while I did the waterslides. LOVE them!!!

 Cute couple of kids.

 This is Jenn. Pretty sure she'll be ticked I posted this. She made it across no prob-lem-o.

 So did Ty. He's very slow and his moves very calculated. 

 A sleeping and should-be-asleep couple of gals. I'd read reviews that the Pocono's lodge has trouble w/ the fire alarms going off. Last time we went-no issue. This time however, it went off at 5:45am and my family was awake for the day. SHOOT ME!!!

 The boys played basketball for hours.

 Spider-dork.

 Pretending to be asleep. She does this all time and it cracks us up!

 I was sitting w/ sleeping Lucy and she kept creeping away and looking back at me w/ this guilty face. Hilarious.

 Getting ready to leave. The big kids did the wand again and Chase was just done. he was a tired hot-mess. This pic is for Jessy. We asked him if he wanted to do the wand and he collapsed. He was asleep literally 1 second after he got in the car.

 Quick group shot in front of the snuggy fireplace. I want one at home, maybe not this massive however.

 Proof I was at the lodge. Mom's are NEVER in pictures. I just showed Phil this and I think he got my point. 30 pics, 2 of me. LAME!!

 Ty's souvenier was one of those squished pennies. He loved it.

 I'm pretty sure his body language says it all.

 I'm not sure why I was trying to get a pic of my 3 kids right then. All 3 of them were exhausted. And this was the best of the 5 I took!

Woops-this ended up in the wrong spot. I just love how lady-like she appears here. A few hours later I snapped a shot of her w/ her legs up on the table. Classy gal.

This trip was awesome and was made better by having the Meyerson's there. We were able to switch off watching the little ones to get optimal watersliding in. Thanks for coming guys!