Great Wolf Lodge

On Saturday, we went to Great Wolf Lodge. This was the first time Wesley and Lydia tried MagiQuest.

They loved it.

After they did two quests a piece, we headed to one of our favorite places, Pierce's BBQ.  After lunch, we went to the water park for four hours.  Everyone was exhausted after that, so we just had pizza in our room. After dinner, Wesley and Lydia did more quests with Chris.

The next morning, we got an early start at the water park.  I think these stairs really wore Josiah out.  He climbed up them so many times.  Just like last year, he loved the water slides.  And that is why I love Great Wolf Lodge, all three of our children have loved these water slides and benefited from there not being a height requirement.  Lydia rode the tube slides before she turned two, as did Wesley and Josiah.  

Wesley and Lydia really liked playing in the lazy river and we had trouble getting them out of there.  The love all the slides but I think their favorite thing is the the lazy river.

Wesley wore his new prescription goggles most of the time.

Josiah cried and fussed when we tried to make him do the lazy river.  He really just wanted to do the water slides or play in the pool.  I think he knew floating around on a float would make him fall asleep.

Wesley is now tall enough for the Howlin' Tornado.  Last year, he just missed it because they measure in bare feet.  This is the best picture I could get of it since it is outside the building.  It's the yellow and orange cone.

Josiah looked so little in this four person tube.

He was only six months old when he rode it the first time.

Flashback to 2011.

Doesn't Lydia look so happy?

As I was taking pictures on Sunday morning and waiting for my family to come down the slides, I noticed how happy everyone looked at the end of the slides.  This was especially noticeable on the tube slides.  All the families just seemed to be having the best time.

This was Josiah's first year, to try out the body slides, the ones where you go down without a tube.  I think he liked them.

Lydia was so proud of herself for crossing the lilypads.  

Josiah waited very patiently for Chris and Wesley to exit the Howlin' Tornado.

At one point, Josiah started shivering and one of the lifeguards suggested I put him in the kids hot tub.  He loved that.

After about three hours on Sunday, he started asking to leave because he was so tired.  We all ate lunch at the water park first and all the kids ate really well.  Josiah took a two hour nap in the room while I read a magazine.  By the time, we got back to the water park, the bigger kids were ready to leave but we convinced Wesley to stay another hour with us.

We ate dinner, at one of Wesley's favorite restaurants, Captain George's.  He loves the crab legs!  He only ate crab legs, corn on the cob, and dessert but I think he got his money's worth!

After dinner, Wesley and Lydia did more MagiQuest.

Lydia's poses and facial expressions crack me up.

It was another fun trip and I bet the kids are already looking forward to going again next year.