Let me tell you....putting on your bathing suits in the middle of December (and 8 months preggo) is realllllllllly weird!!!!! This picture is realllllllllly weird b/c yes, that is snow in the picture with us in our bathing suits. The lodge has several fake snow machines and we were standing right in the middle which is why I am also wearing a sweater!!! Can I stress the weirdness???
But it is fun at the same time!!!! Here we go!!!!!
My family loved the lazy river!!!! You get very wet!!!
Rocco loved pulling the rope and turning over the buckets and trying to "get" people. Daddy was so sweet and let Rocco "get" him. He thought it was hilarious!!!
Finally, the person who loved the water park the MOST was Miss Jillian. That girl may look like me but she was her daddy's adventurous and dare-devil personality!!! She went on rides and slides that made my heart weak and she did it all by herself. She is a wild one!!! Even though Poppy was NOT feeling good on our trip, she used her powers of persuasion to convince him to go down the slides with her.
My friend Shanna lives about 5 minutes from this resort and brought Payton over to meet us!!! Payton was an instant hit with Jillian and Rocco.
Rocco would not sit by his Mommy!!!!! He only wanted to sit next to Payton!!! That boy is trouble, I tell you!!!
The lodge also had a super fun Harry Potter -type quest!!! Jillian was AWESOME!!! She conquered two of the easy level games with very little help from us adults!!!! Of course, she had to have the pink magic wand!!
Of course, R had to have the blue one.
They found magic crystals!!!
They found magic treasure chests!!!!
They worked up quite an appetite so we had to stop for ice cream and GO BACK TO THE WATERPARK!!!! Couldn't get enough of the waterpark!!!!
Finally every night, the Lodge has story time. All the kids come down in the pajamas and listen to a singing show with animals and then listen to a story. So cute!!! They listened to a story about "Rowdy the reindeer" and then as if by magic, Rowdy showed up!! Both were very enchanted with Rowdy.
We had a GREAT time and I would recommend this to anyone with kids!!! The most kid-friendly hotel/resort I have ever been to. BUT I will have to say. Do ya'll remember my original dream?? YOu know, the Disney one??? The trip we should have been on??? The trip that I have been dreaming of since having Jillian????
This trip was a great in-my-face illustration that my family is NOT ready for Disney!!!! The kids are too little. I am still pregnant. We all still nap. There are a lot of reasons that this trip was just perfect for us. So I am willingly putting on my patience pants......I have learned a valuable lesson........ and we will be ready for Disney several years from now!!!!!
2 comments:
It looks so neat! I want to go now!!! I really think we need to start family vacations together.
I have heard great things about that place, BUT everyone I know that goes there gets the stomach bug. Did any if y'all get sick? I think that kind of goes hand in hand with kids at a water park...germ infested water, but I still do want to try it out! :-) oh yes that would be super weird to have to wear a sweater with your swimsuit. Ha!!
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