Great Wolf Lodge

Okay, okay, I know that I have been a little picture happy, but I cannot help that my boys are absolutely adorable. We went to the Great Wolf Lodge April 16-18th to have a short family vacation and boy did we ever need one. We went to a presentation where they try and sell you stuff, and got a 3 day 2 night stay at the GWL. We thought that was a great deal and both Matt and I are good at telling them NOPE not right now. The picture above was a gift shop there at the lodge. Jared loves stuffed animals and is so cute when he gives them hugs. I couldn't capture a hug on camera though as he is so quick.

We had a great time. The first day the water was so cold that Nathan was the only one that had fun but was still shivering. Jared was getting his teeth in and made for a clinging kiddo. I was able to get him in the water just once, but he did like the hot tub.

We didn't even go in the water the second day because it was so cold, but we spent our wad in the arcade. We all had fun as a family in there. Matt set a hight score on the basketball at 77 and loved to try and win Deal or NO Deal. I set a high score where you hit the objects coming up with 37 hits ( I guess my fast reflexes do come in handy besides play cards--it is may family's goal to always try and beat me at fast card games). The boys loved the cars and the ball games. Jared wanted to play with the basketballs constantly. There was another game that was fun to play because all four of us played. We were supposed to use balls to hit moving objects on the screen.

They had a kids club where they could do crafts, paint, color, buy and color a shirt, computer games, a little fun house, and board games.

Matt had a craving for a cupcake and saw one at the ice cream shop at the lodge. They were only charging $2.50. OUCH!! We decided to just go to Wal-mart and buy a pack of 6. We enjoyed eating dinners at Outback Steakhouse and an Italian place. We brought our own lunch and breakfasts to make it cheaper. It was nice nice to be able to go up to our room and take a nap and then go back out and play. The third day we did get back in the water before we left, and it was much warmer. We wished that we would have tried the water the second day, but oh well can't go back in time. Matt and I were able to take turns watching the boys and the other one go down the big slides. I love water slides and could have kept going down it all day, even down the same slide. I love theme parks and water slides. There were no lines so we could go up the stairs and go right down the slide. The only downside was that Matt's phone kept ringing and ringing and ringing. I finally told him that I was going to throw his phone away if he didn't shut the thing up. Not really, but I wanted to. Cell phones: love them and hate them. We would love to go back if the opportunity was provided. The boys would really love it when they are older too.

They had story time at night to help calm the kiddos down.