last day!

Another pool at the resort was my favorite, I think. There were big slides for the big kids (and brave little kids) and baby stuff for the wee babes. It was perfect.  Lullaby was determined to climb up on this beaver.

Matix tried planking… Silly.

Bradley was in LOVE with this slide. The picture doesn’t do the slide justice, it was huge. Bradley went down so many times that he could hardly get himself to the edge of the pool after he dropped off the slide, he was so tired.

Lullaby took a little nap while we stuck our feet in the hot tub. It was dreamy.

Alexandra and Hawken were the only kids this year to brave the LARGE waterslide. Matix tried it last year, but was too scared to try it this year. Hawken got all the way to the top with me, and asked to go back down. I convinced him to try it, but at the bottom he said, “I think I won’t go on that again. It’s too fast.” Alexandra was fearless though and went down several times, with Jolie, and then with me.

More pics from the day. Random.

Jolie got the kids lollipops and they were in heaven. It was a good end to a good trip.

All the kids crashed out on the drive back to Racine. They looked so cute in the back snuggled up with their moose. :)

We left back for Atlanta early the next morning and the boys were pretty sad to leave grandma. Matix even convinced her to carry him through the airport.

 

The flight went as smoothly as the first one and the kids were very well behaved. There was a baby a few rows up from us who was crying and that mother looked so anxious. I was grateful that mine decided to behave. :)  Paul was late picking us up, and pushing our checked luggage, and a stroller, and holding a baby (who was rejecting the idea of being in the stroller), and a diaper bag was… challenging.  I only had to move it a few hundred feet from the baggage claim, out the door, and to a bench to wait to get picked up. But, I did it. The kids were SUPER excited to see their daddy. Lullaby was too, but she was more excited to take a nap. 

beads and chalk

One of our biggest problems each day was figuring out what to do from wake up time until the pools opened (between 9 and 10, depending on the pool)… My mom came prepared for this though.  She brought pony beads and elastic string for the kids to make necklaces.

Hawken made himself a bracelet.

Matix made a necklace for his moose.

Bradley didn’t make a necklace. He played in the rocks and slid up and down the hill. Silly.

We met a little boy who was fishing in the lake. Hawken was mesmerized and mimicked him by using a stick. I can’t wait until we can teach him how to fish. I think he will love it.

Chalk was another lifesaver. Thank heavens we had a huge patio to color on.

more Dells

More of our Dells trip. We went to the arcade and won tons of ducks (again).  Jolie KILLED at this crossbow game and won the bonus, of course.  Tickets galore!

Grandma Kim got the kids new inner tubes, which were SO fun.

This is an aside. Hawken and Matix both make this face. Exactly the same, when I ask them to make a funny face. This is it. Weird. :)

Morning in a new pool. This was the wave pool. Hawken would venture SUPER far out in to the pool as soon as the waves stopped. He loved that it only gradually got deeper and took advantage. He would go out until only his nose and up were out of the water, which is when I would drag him back to the “shore”. He did this again and again.  Bradley and Alexandra braved the waves and loved every second.

Alexandra showed off her newfound underwater swimming skills. These were as good of pictures as I could get of her under there.

Lullaby would crawl straight for the pool, waves or not. She has no fear and loved the water in this pool, it was warmer and I think she liked the zero entry.  If she was crawling straight in, she was walking me around.

Pizza for lunch back in our suite.  These kids have the life.

One of the kids’ activities offered by the resort was this build a moose (it’s the mascot of the whole place) workshop. The kids loved it. Matix and Alexandra were the most excited about it. Lullaby didn’t get one, obviously, maybe next year.  The kids stuffed their moose and decorated it's shirt.

We took a ride back in the boat rather than waiting for one of the buses that go between each building.  The kids thought it was the coolest thing EVER.  The boat driver went crazy fast.  We went on the boat one other time after this and it poured rain on us. That was not as enjoyable.

That night, my mom and I roasted marshmallows on a grill… They had a weird rule about no cooking in the fires pits they had set up on the deck. It specifically said, “no roasting marshmallows” too, so we opened up a grill and went to town.

The Dells!

I am finally to the point on our Wisconsin trip where we went to the Dells. The drive from Racine took us about 3 hours. We stopped at a rest stop for lunch and potty breaks. There was a little play area for the big kids, and Lullaby snuck in some grandma time when no one was looking.

We went to the same resort as last year, "The Wilderness on The Lake", last year my mom chose this one because of all the little kid stuff, but we had no idea of even half of it. This year we hit up a ton more pools and water parks within the resort than we had before, and we are still very pleased.  The pictures are a little jumbled as far as what was from which day because I have pictures from my camera and some from my mom's camera...

All of these pictures are from the pool area closest to us, like out the door and around the corner. It was too fun.  There was an indoor and outdoor area.  Both were wonderful.

I  love these pictures of Bradley in the infinity pool.  He really is at home in the water.

Lullaby liked her first trip to the water park mostly. It was only hard with naps, but she did really well considering she was only 10 months old.  She loves to explore.

This is my favorite picture of Alexandra and my grandma Evie. I think it's SO sweet.

Snuggle bug Hawky was cold every second he was out of the pool. I love that he still loves to be cuddled up.