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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Great Wolf Lodge

This past weekend I treated the family to a weekend at Great Wolf Lodge.  My Origami Owl business has done really well in the last year so I thought my Christmas gift to Eric and the boys would be a fun family trip.  We drove to Williamsburg, VA on Friday morning.  Lincoln is typically not great in the car for very long but he made it almost the whole way without too much fuss.  We were able to check in early so Lincoln went down for a nap while the big boys went straight to the water park.  Me and Linc joined them a couple hours later.  We played all afternoon.  Lincoln was a little hesitant at first but warmed up pretty quick and was exploring all over.  He was really brave in the water and did not want mommy or daddy to hold his hand.  He took a couple dips but didn't seem to mind.  Hayden was able to do almost everything on his own except a couple larger slides he did with mommy and daddy.  The Lodge had a lot of other fun activities outside of the water so we took advantage of pretty much everything.  I had gotten Hayden a Pup Pass which allowed him to do a craft, play a 4D game, make a stuffed animal, and enjoy some other treats.  I got us a suite with a separate room since Lincoln goes to bed so early.  They had an 8:00 group storytime in the lobby that Hayden enjoyed both nights.  It was a very fun family weekend and we will definitely try to make it an annual trip!  Here are some pics from the weekend...
Where are we mommy?
A little hesitant
This is cool
Hayden was hard to catch on camera.  :)
Fun at the arcade
Craft time - Hayden chose to paint a robot
Storytime
Trying the obstacle course
Me and my cheeseball
Stuffing Oliver the Wolf
Magiquest - this special wand was a game throughout the hallways of the lodge.  A wizard in the trees gave you different items to seek and activate with the wand to complete each quest.
Finally got Hayden to pose for a pic.
One with mommy while the bucket dumps behind us
The boys on the lazy river.
Eric turned and soaked Hayden.  Linc looks ready for it though.  ;)
Drying off to head home!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What a great family trip! Looks like a lot of fun!