Operation Great Wolf Lodge!

We did it! We had our mini vacation at Great Wolf Lodge! It was so much fun! The whole family was pretty satisfied with the whole weekend. It was nice to play in the water and get away from the house for 24 hours.

It was also so much fun to see how well Alyssa and Avalyn played together. They are going to be best friends, they were such good girls! It was also awesome to be able to spend time with Val again, we haven’t been able to talk and hang out for a long time. It was much needed.

I think we’re also going to make it an annual event. I can’t wait till next spring break!

It's Alyssa! Isn't she a cutie? I got this shot completely by accident. A happy accident indeed.

Oh yeah, they're buddies. Can you believe it's March in Michigan and our girls are in shorts? I can't. Wow!

They even walk in stride.

Baby mullets unite!

Our room!

This is where the kids stayed.

The inside

The sink - yes I got carried away.

Where we stayed

Sliding door!

This is what happens when I turn my back for three seconds.

The view from our room.

Our patio that we didn't use because it was raining. Bummer!

Full view! The ceilings were really high.

Our room number!

The Waterpark. Wow.

Avalyn looks so little by comparison.

Avalyn loved the giant water bucket.

The runaways!

 She loved the texture in this area.

The daddies taking their baby girls to the water bucket.

Alyssa had the best reaction!

Look away!

Time to relax after the water bucket excitement!

Val, Matt, and Keith went under the bucket one last time before it was time to go home. 

Matt helping Avalyn put on her golden shoes.

The Great Wolf Lobby!

The lobby again!

The fireplace

Sitting with a bear. They were both tired.

Playing downstairs after their nap. What's more fun than throwing things at Keith?

Nothing apparently!

Did everyone else have a great spring break? I hope so!

Good Weekend

This weekend was pretty awesome! It started out with a rough ride down to GR, seriously the roads were not pleasant! But we made it. Matt went to a gun show Saturday morning with his friend Joe and Keith.

Meanwhile, my mom and I went to a bunch of different fabric stores and Hobby Lobby. Then we met Val at Once Upon a Child and did some kid shopping! I found three dresses and two pairs of shoes for Avalyn, and mom found a cute sweatshirt and a pair of shoes. We’re shoe people!

Here's the fabric for the car seat! The top fabric I'm going to use for something else, but it was too cute to pass up!

The shoes!

How cute are these?

Val and Alyssa followed us back to mom and dad’s house and Avalyn demonstrated (in no uncertain terms) that she does not want to and will not share. Awesome. That will be a fun problem when she and Nicolas are playing together. Poor Alyssa, she was just trying to play! But she was a very good sport, and often handed things to Avalyn (perhaps hoping for a trade?) when she got upset… which was a lot.

Sharing is caring Avalyn!

"No, Lyssa!"

Alyssa found a happy spot in a chair.

We initially wanted to head home about 4:00-5:00PM but we ended up going out to dinner with Josh and Val, and didn’t get on the road until 8:00PM which got us home at 11:00PM. Totally worth it though! We had a lot of fun.