Great Wolf Lodge

This week, on Monday (no school since it was MLK day), we surprised the kids with an overnight trip to the Great Wolf Lodge in Sandusky, OH. It's only a 90 minute drive, which is perfect for a quick get-away. We told the kids we had some errands to run, went out to lunch first so everyone was full, and then hopped in the car. Ava actually fell asleep and slept the whole drive, so she was VERY surprised when we arrived, lol. Aiden was so cute, he kept asking questions, "Hmmm, what is this place?" "It looks sort of like a hotel...are we staying here?" And then when we showed the kids the waterpark, they were SO excited. Ava was hilarious, she is very much into asking "Why?" right now, and about every 10 minutes she asked us, "Why? Why you guys surprise us like this? Why?" So of course we answered, "Because we love you, silly, that's why!"

We all had a great time. Ava wasn't very brave and we had a hard time convincing her to do much other than float with me on the lazy river and play in the baby pool, but Aiden really enjoyed himself. He especially loved the hot tub (which was nice for Mom and Dad, lol). He is really getting to be a great swimmer, he's taking lessons at the Y this session and progressing very quickly.

I didn't take the best pictures (the lighting was a challenge) but I wanted to share what I did have. All in all it was a nice little break from winter, and we all had a great time:)