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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Great Wolf Lodge

This weekend we ventured to Williamsburg, VA to go to the Great Wolf with my best friend Shannon and her daughter Ava.  This trip was for Bradley and me only while Brad took Gavin and Easton to his parents and watched them there.  We were so excited about this last minute impromptu trip.  The anticipation was killing me so I am glad it wasn’t planned for months and months. 

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Here are the little 4 year olds are.  They have adventure at their fingertips and loved climbing up on this wolf rock.

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One of the views from inside.  It was hard to take the camera out because it could have gotten wet at any given place inside.

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Yummy Buffet with Bradley really getting into his chocolate milk!

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Neat tree house with singing chipmunks on a swing in the restaurant. 

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The Clock Tower with all its nature creatures. 

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In their Jammie Jams as we call them in our house.  They get to wear them and go down to the clock tower for the show and a story with Wiley the Wolf at 8pm. 

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The back of their heads watching the show. 

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At the very end it started to snow.  The story was about a wolf cub and his adventure in the snow so it all tied in.  There eyes lit up really big for that!

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Their faces during the story.  Bradley is very serious and Ava is a typical girl who smiles while watching.  I know I do that sometimes. 

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Tackling the waves at high tide.

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Ava and Bradley played very very good together for not seeing each other all the time.  The picture below was literally the only time we heard them bickering.  He was trying to get her off since he was over it from the picture above. 

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Shannon & Ava with Bradley being silly in the clear tube in the background. 

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This looks like my 16 year old not my 4 year old.  He is so handsome!

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The slides along with the wave pool was both of their favorites.  Here I caught the back of Bradley’s head because he was getting brave and going down on his belly. 

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Shannon, ha-ha!

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This was right before we left and we were straight from the water park with our messy hair and no make up.  We actually showered and blow dried our hair that morning before we checked out.  Then we got dunked by the water buckets in the obstacle tree house trying to get to the slides. 

It was so much fun.  Lots of Laughs!! I was so grateful to have this special one on one time with Bradley and time with Shannon and her sweet daughter. 

3 comments:

Liz said...

Looks great! Makes me want to go ASAP. Nice suit too ;)

Diana said...

Ava looks so much like Shannon! I'm glad you four had such a good trip! I've been wanting to take Bryce so bad!

Diana said...

Ava looks so much like Shannon! I'm glad you four had such a good trip! I've been wanting to take Bryce so bad!