Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The Great Wolf Lodge

We are officially big fans of this place (especially since it is only 45 minutes away)! Jacob made so many fun birthday memories with his cousins... and had a huge, priceless smile on his face the entire time.

Not surprisingly, the boys wanted to jump in the pool as soon as we got there so we immediately changed into our swimsuits to check it out. There is a toddler area full of toys and mini waterslides, which kept Casey entertained for hours. For the bigger kids, there is a fun pool to swim in, a wave pool, two medium waterslides, and four big waterslides. Thank goodness Gavin was exactly 42 inches, so he was able to go on almost all of the waterslides. There was only one that the boys weren't tall enough to go on, so we all took turns with the kids and the adults tried it out. It ended up being my favorite by far.





After the kids had their fill of swimming, we came back to our hotel room for cupcakes and to open Jacob's presents.






There were magical wands that unlocked treasure chests, made framed pictures talk, and other things light up throughout the hotel. The boys couldn't get enough of it. :)



Right before bedtime, there is a story area where characters popped out and sang Christmas songs with the kids. When the last song was sung, magical "snowflakes" fell from the ceiling... which Jacob tried to catch with his tongue. :)


For those of you who know Casey, you know he NEVER falls asleep in people's arms. So he was pretty exhausted from all of the excitement.

We stopped at Red Robin with my sister's family on the way home...
...and ended the day with Jacob's favorite thing of all time.

2 comments:

Ruby Red Slippers said...

How fun is that place!!! We love it, and were just talking about going there over Christmas break-We go to one in Traverse City Michigan...Glad you had fun!!

Heather Mattos said...

That looks like a place that I want to go and play at! Glad you all had a fun time and Jacob had a happy bday.