Great Wolf Lodge December 2014

A few days after Christmas we packed up our bathing suits and drove to Great Wold Lodge! The great thing about the hotel/waterpark is that it can only be so full.  It's not like going to Disney World and battling through the crowds.  At GWL you can only go to the waterpark if you are staying at the hotel.  

Mike and I both had colds, so that part was kind of a bummer, but the kids were fine.  However, when we got to the hotel and Henry woke up from his car seat nap he had a severe limp?? So weird.  We had no idea what it was at the time and it was slightly worrying, but we have since decided he must have slept funny in his car seat and caused some sort of sciatic nerve problem or something.  Who knows! It lasted for about 5 days.  

Anyway, after we got there and checked in, we went to the waterpark for a few hours.  This time Rose was a little less nervous.  Paige still isn't tall enough to go on most slides, but i think that helps keep us all together.  I get super cold there so it's hard to wait around if we split up.  Mike took Henry on the wooly mammoth this time, while the girls and i went in a separate tube.  Apparently Henry was saying no and repeatedly saying "mommy daddy mommy daddy", since he was scared.  

Because of our colds, we spent a little more time doing MagiQuest this time.  We figured out how the whole thing works and rather than randomly running around with wands, the girls completed 2 quests.  What a way to get you to go back.  There are multiple quests and you can just pick right back up the next time you go back.  

Here is Paige's fake note she left in the room from the "hotel staff" when we got back from breakfast. I had told her we had to go back and check out but could still go to the waterpark.  I laughed so hard when I saw it.

So even though we checked out we were able to put our stuff in the car minus one backpack with clothes and shoes, and go back to the waterpark.

We decided to make the most of the day and get Henry to sleep in the stroller while the girls did more questing, rather than going home.  Poor Henry was done and was having a tantrum because he couldn't spoon his ice cream into his mouth properly.  He was flinging it onto the floor.  As soon as we got the stroller he fell asleep in about 10 seconds.

So the girls both want to go back for their birthdays.  May be a lot more GWL in the future.  At least its a short drive, and 1 night feels like a long time there.