The Mizes: Goin’ to the Lodge…

GREAT WOLF LODGE!

After begging David, pretty much ever since Tucker was born, he was finally convinced to go to Great Wolf Lodge. We went with our good friends, The Sellers. Their oldest son, Chase, is Tucker’s best friend. So those two boys had so much fun. Their daughter, Tempe, is 6-months younger than Bailey, so we each had a small one to care for as well. Bailey wasn’t loving it as much as I thought she would. I think it was mostly because she was out of her element, there were a lot of people there, and she is Bailey. Regardless of her hesitancy, we had a great time. Tucker was a champ and went on ALL of the waterslides. He was probably the first 4-year old in the history of the resort to be able to go on their huge waterslide. Here is a link to all of the attractions that we did…http://www.greatwolf.com/grandmound/waterpark/rides

While sleeping was an issue the first night, the second night, we were so exhausted that we were ALL conked out by 9:00. It was glorious. We had so much fun playing in the water, video games in the arcade, eating ice cream, and just spending time with friends. David and I were on fire at the arcade. We were kind of wishing we had been in Vegas, because we rarely got less than 30-40 tickets per game. Tucker was excited because when all was said and done we had somewhere around 1400 tickets to spend at the counter.

There is a wizard type game that you can pay to play around the resort. We didn’t feel like the kids were old enough to really play it, so we will have to give it a try next time. Anyway, it was still fun for us though, because other kids were carrying these wands around and they would wave them at certain objects, which would make the objects come to life. One of them was a big bear skin rug that was hanging on the wall near the stairs. Every time we were on the stairs the kids had to stand and wait until someone would get the Bear to talk. Just across from the bear was a stuffed ferrit in a cage. It was HILLARIOUS because all the little animal would do is belch, and then smack his lips. It made me laugh so hard every time he did it. I’m such a child.

All in all, we can’t wait to go back again. Next time we go, we are definitely going to go with friends because as much as we want to, I don’t think David and I could keep up with Tucker the whole time. Winking smile