Great Wolf Lodge

 

We went for the first time and the end of June and had a great time!  Can’t wait to go back!  We just stayed one night, but that means one and  a half of swimming, which was just about right for our kids ages. 

 

Who’s excited about going – Alex was!

 

 

And Sara, too!

Dropped the dogs off at Grandma Judy’s for the night – they had fun at their “dog party”.

 

 

 

On our way South – sunglasses on!

 

Hey – wait a second!  Who stole my sunglasses????

 

 

 

Nap time!

 

 

Great Wolf Lodge – here we are!

 

 

 

 

 

We were so busy having fun at the waterpark (and I didn’t want my camera to get wet) – I didn’t even take any photos of us in the water that day.

 

We had fun at dinner time in Centraila – coloring away.

 

 

 

Wait a second – who stole my sunglasses now?

 

 

We tried out the arcade at GWL for a little while and the kids had a blast.

 

 

 

 

Slept great!

 

 

 

 

And back to the waterpark in the morning.

 

So cute in her swimsuit!

 

Great for little kids (2 yrs) and great for big kids (5+)

So sleepy when we drove home.

 

 

 

 

Even though we showered after the pool, we reeked of chlorine.  Had to take 2 showers just to get that smell off us.  So much fun, we will definitely be back again!

Deception Pass State Park… So COOL!

So COOL, in fact... the perfect way to beat this record setting heat around here.

We are both unemployed right now, it was getting really HOT, we wanted to get away and do something fun, we wanted to go camping... So we booked our site on Monday and left on Tuesday!

It was so nice - we already want to go back!

Alex  helped set up the tent with Daddy, in fact - he LOVED the tent. He thought it was so cool until it was time to go to bed. It's totally different then. We ended up giving in and letting him stay up later than usual because going to bed when it's light outside just sucks.

Here is Alex showing us his muscles! He pulls his arms together and flexes and makes tough sounds.

 

The beautiful bridge with the swift water underneath!

Although we beat the heat by getting away to the islands, it was still hot and I decided to take the plunge. Below is a picture of me getting ready to go in the icy cold water. I had gotten up to my knees and dipped my head in the water to prepare myself...

But, really nothing can prepare you for that!

Alex even wanted to dip his head in the water after he saw me do it!

We played in the sand and made sand castles for Alex's little figurines.  He calls them his scuba divers after he saw some scuba divers at the aquarium.

Here is Lance's picture of me playing with Lance's loaner iPhone.  Oh what fun!  His new job is going to be as a program manager for a software company that makes applications for cell phones.  It was pretty easy to learn and really fun!

We didn't forget the big dump truck - always bring that along!

We had some beautiful sunsets!

Here we are on our last day there just before heading out of town and back to our house.

 

 
Poor little Alex - his 2 year molars are coming in and they are just driving him nuts.  He doesn't cry or anything, just bites on his finger and always has his fingers in his mouth. 

And the final picture ----What we came back to on Thursday!

 

Mama and Alex swimming in the pool

We sure had fun - but, it's hard work! No wonder the kid gets tired!

swimming

Lance and Alex did thier first swimming last night and it was so much fun!

Alex loves the water and had a great time, especially considering that it was his first time in a big pool with all the echos and tons of other people. They started off with songs, sit-listen-wait at the edge of the pool, and a game of playing with little plastic balls in the water. They did some backfloating, which we'd already been practicing that in the tub and hottub. They are getting ready to learn how to go under water - so Lance would say to Alex "Ready, set..." big breath by Lance and the instructor would squeeze a sponge over his head to have water on his face. He did very well at this.

She said next week he is going to try going under!

Lance had the biggest smile on his face the whole time and it was visible how proud he was of Alex and how much fun it was for him, too. Alex was really aware of his surroundings - since he would see me on the sidelines and wave to me. It warmed my heart!

We are so excited about next week! Lance is already planning on all the practices in the bathtub and hottub.

P.S. He was so tired... on the way out the door of the pool he was fading fast. He had a big bottle and was asleep in the car at 7:00 PM. We got home around 7:30 PM and picked him up and put him right into bed (he already had his pjs on - thank goodness!) and he was still asleep! He slept a so good because he was so tired out. Good tired. He did wake up 2x last night for a bottle - I guess all that swimming makes one a hungry little boy!