Great WOLF Lodge

Trips that are free make them oh so much better!

We got a 3 day, 2 night stay at Great Wolf Lodge and we had a blast!

It was almost as exciting as going to Disneyland for them. Cecily called it “The great big lodge” instead of wolf, it was so dang cute. We would ask her questions on purpose with the known answer of the great wolf lodge just to hear her say it the wrong way. We do that a lot with things she says that are wrong or backwards.

Love it.

So, this place is quite the kids place.

Everything is catered to children.

Everything.

Huge indoor water park

(and outdoor too but that doesn’t open till the end of the month) and tons of kid activities throughout the day at the hotel. We had the room from Monday till Wed but since the kids had school, we didn’t go all day, all three days.

On Monday I kept Pierce home from school and we checked in at about 2pm and swam until about 8pm. The kids were screaming down every single ride with the biggest constant grin on their face the entire day. It was seriously the cutest thing ever. I love seeing them like this.

My mom was kind enough to offer to watch Charlotte on Monday so that we could just take the older kids. They loved that all the attention was on them. After we got dressed to go home, we stayed for Storytime.

It was a cute animated story where the trees,

moose,

squirrels,

and people

came to life and talked and sang.

The kids did not make a move.

Then, they read the kids a story and had one of the wolves (Violet) come and say hi to the kids and take pictures with them.

It was cute.

On Tuesday the kids went to school and went to bball practice and that night, we packed up and took all the kids to swim for a few hours and stayed the night. Well, we were thinking how fun it was going to be to have a sleepover, watch a movie, make popcorn, stay up late, etc.

Sounds fun doesn’t it?

Well, it didn’t go quite as planned.

It was 11pm,

Charlotte wasn’t falling asleep,

the kids were picking on each other,

I burned the popcorn and our room smelled horrible,

and we were all exhausted.

Jake and I were getting impatient with Cecily and told the kids we were packing up and going home. They fell apart and soon after, calmed down and fell right asleep.

Jake and I were laughing about it all. Wow...

The beds & pillows were so uncomfortable and we slept horrible. There is just something about sleeping some place else. I never sleep the same if I’m somewhere else.

So. On to a new day...

Wednesday was going to be a full day of swimming. We went to Mimi’s for breakfast and then Jake had to run into work so I kept the kids all day long to swim. It was fun and they had a blast. I however, was exhausted! 4pm rolled along and I was done!

I was ready to go home and relax.

The kids fell asleep in the car 5 minutes into the drive, they’re bodies were just as tired too. 6 hours of non-stop swimming.

It was a fun 3 days.