Winter Slip n' Slide

An early b-day present for my sister Cait became a gift to us all when we got to go to the Great Wolf Lodge during Christmas vacation. We passed it outside of Centralia en route to the cabin nearly every summer weekend so that piqued our curiosity; its constuction seriously stopped traffic, which was irritating then but made us excited to check it out as well!

































We changed into swimming attire almost immediately after we checked into our big bear den, which felt kinda weird with snow still outside-The cyclone one that you can see from the outside was scary in the dark; my bro-in-law reassured me when the wildest part was over only to have me almost flip out of the tube on the next turn:) but we obviously lived to tell about it! Even the b-day girl braved the rapids...but only a couple times!:)
















I'm not gonna lie...My sisters almost reported me to CPS 'cuz Cole became hysterical when I encouraged him to try the actual waterslides vs. wading/wave pools. I didn't care if he went straight to the swiftest tube ride; I just wanted him to make progress from our not-so-hot experience @ Wild Waves! He didn't like how the water tipped over randomly but graduated to dumping it on unsuspecting bystanders below! Grandpa was a brave example of how it's done...
















Neither of us like to try new things, so I did want to push him a bit but he had plenty of aunts & even grandpa on his side telling him he didn't have to do anything he didn't want-ugh! Took a break to eat @ later dinner buffet & try arcade in resort then most of the group went back out for more water action. In fact, they played until almost 10P! Here are some pics of Cole & Dane thoroughly enjoying themselves lest you think I scarred my little boys for life by the previously mentioned challenge:

























The next day was more of the same, but Cole was a new man after he tried the mellower slides all by himself (not tube version) & decided he actually liked 'em after all! I told ya so! Of course, Dane followed his lead but can't do anything the easy way & went down backward the first time-oops!















Luke was sporting swim shorts for the first time in his life but wasn't really the life of the party=slept most of the day on a soft cushion made from our coats & towels since we technically had to check out of our rooms.















Grandpa took him for a dip in the afternoon & he really liked it surprisingly 'cuz his mom didn't think it was all that warm:) Look @ my little fish-who would've thought we could have fun in the sun in Dec?