Family Vacation!!

I think we found a great tradition for our family vacation...The Great Wolf Lodge!

It's a hotel with a huge water park inside! There were so many activities for the kids to do. The boys had a blast on all the water toys and water play area. The girls especially loved the wave pool and getting dunked by the "BIG" bucket.

At night, they have a story time. It's all automated, but then the kids get to meet the girl wolf (huge character) and take pictures with her.

By far the girls FAVORITE part had to be the Wizard Quest. You buy these magic wands and you have to go on these quests all through the hotel. When they point their wand at something, it will light up or talk back to you. You have to find all the things in the right order to finish one quest. The whole quest can take about 6 hours. All the kids were running through the hotel, and up and down the stairs (great exercise). Plus, it will remember where the left off, and they can finish next time they're there! All the kids had a blast. We stayed up late and watched a movie and ate lots of junk food. It was the perfect 2 day vacation!

Daddy-Daughter Dance

The girls had a wonderful night out with their daddy! They went out to dinner, then to a Daddy Daughter Dance - the theme was Wizard of Oz. At the dance, they got to get their face painted, dance, and play lots of carnival games.

 

 

 

 

Caden's 3rd Birthday

"Caden" and the Neverland Pirates Party! My sweet little boy is getting older...sniff sniff. We invited two little boys (3 boys were the perfect number for a 3 year old party)over for our PIRATE party.

"Grrrr...ahoy there matey"

First, they decorated their telescopes with stickers.

Hunted for buried treasure.

Walked the plank obstacle course.

And of course, we needed to end with a treasure hunt. They had so much fun doing this. Caden is always rolling up a piece of paper and saying to me "treasure hunt". Caden is such a joy to have in our family. He always has tons of cute smiles and bear hugs to give out. Happy Birthday to my BIG BOY!!