SPUR OF THE MOMENT

Friday morning when Greg got off of work he asked me if I wanted to go somewhere? I was expecting him to say that he found a Jeep that he wanted to go look at that was a few hours a way... I was surprisingly wrong. He wanted to go on a mini vacation to the Great Wolf Lodge. One of my friends told me about it awhile ago, but I thought that the prices were a little steep, so my initial reaction was not really. However, we looked at the prices and discovered that it was significantly less expensive than it had been during the summer months. The weekends are still more expensive, but if you go on a week night you can get a pretty good deal. So we decided to go. It is only about an hour south. When we arrived and nicholas was so excited...

We didn't get too many pictures of the lodge or the outside, but it is a really cool place. They have lots of activities, the only down side is you should expect to spend money if you do more than just the water park.

We stayed in the kids camp room. It had a wilderness bunk bed theme. It was really neat. It was like they had their own room inside of our room. We took our bags up to the room and decided to go on a little tour of the lodge. The first thing Nicholas said was "this is soo awsome!". He continued to say that as we walked to the different parts of the lodge. After taking the tour we decided to go to the water park.

William said "wow" when he saw the park. I was glad to see that William was excited too. They had lots of activies in the water park. Some for every age group. They had the kids play area which had kids skidoos that sprayed water, a slide and little adventure place, a wave pool, hot tub and water slides. There was just too much to describe how cool it was. The pictures do not do it justice. The bucket below that says Great Wolf Lodge fills up and dumps about every five minutes. It is really cool to watch and to get hit by the water. Nicholas was scared of it at first, but then he braved it with daddy and was fine after that.

Nicholas spent most of his time on the water slides. He went with daddy and by himself. He was just tall enough to go down with out help on most of the slides. There were a few slides that he wasn't able to go on though because he wasn't quite tall enough only by a few inches. Greg was even a little disappointed when he wasn't able to go down the big one that circles like a toilet flush. It was a double ride and Nick wasn't tall enough and in my condition, I couldn't go down the slides. Yet another reason I hesitated when Greg asked me if I wanted to go. I love waterslides! I almost had as much fun watching Nick run up the stairs and come down the slides. He always had a smile on his face and wanted me to give him a high five. He bonked his head a few times coming down the slides, but that still didn't slow him down. Total he went down the slides over a 100 times. Yes, I said a 100. Crazy kid!

William's favorite part was riding in the wave pool. I took him out in a tube and he laughed the whole time. I've never seen him so happy. Most of the time he has a serious demeanor to him much like myself.

After we were finished at the water park, we went to eat dinner at one of the restaurants in the lodge. If we ever go back, we are planning to take our own food. It was good, but a little pricey. The kids meal was served with a hugebucket of fries. I was surprised as it was more than what the adult plates had. Good thing we have boys with big appetites. Nicholas was so worn out that he fell asleep on my lap at dinner. I thought that William would do the same, but he was so wired and didn't go to sleep until 11:00p.m. very, very unusual for him. He is ususally asleep by 7:30-8:00p.m. I thought for a short time that we had made a mistake by not bringing the pack and play, but once he fell asleep, he was fine on the bottom bunk. What a big boy!