Thank You Columbus

Due to Columbus being honored for getting lost, we got a day off from work! Daniel and I took Grant to The Great Wolf Lodge. Grant fell asleep on the way there and good thing he did because we had a long day ahead of us.

It rained, hard, the entire way there.


Here was the view from our room.

A quick snack before we start our day.


This is where I would insert all these adorable pictures of my son having a blast with his father and I at the indoor waterpark. The only one in the south of it's kind. However, I took a waterproof disposable camera in the park and it was too dark and only a few pictures barely showed up. I was quite upset to say the least. So here are some ones I found on the internet to let you get the idea.

That evening we checked out the stores at the hotel. Here, Grant is trying to convince me to buy this treat. He is quite the negotiator.

His negotiating skills worked better in the gift shop. He had to have these motorcycles.

Later, we went trick or treating at the hotel. He quickly said, "Mommy I can't trick or treat without my costume!". I reassured him the hotel staff would let us participate anyway.



As we wrapped up the day, we joined all the other children for storytime. He was excited about his new McQueen house shoes he got for the occasion.

Daniel and I were worn out. We had to hit Starbucks to make it through storytime.


These animatronic figures taught us not to be scared of nature. I was scared of the thing that looked like a little boys head on a stump. Surely he was scared of nature!

Cheese!

Grant was into the story line, or confused by the boys head, I don't know...


Grant and one of the Great Wolf mascots.

Grant and Daddy racing back to the room.

In order to save some money, we pulled out our own breakfast. Some quick bites and we were back to the waterpark.

Insert more cute pictures here. On this morning, he was brave enough to wait in line with the 'tweens' to cross the pool via the log stumps (see picture from brochure below). However, he was not tall enough to use the rope, so he jumped from one to the other. At point, some girls about 8 years old or so were clapping for him and cheering him on.

It got to be around lunch time and so we packed up and headed back home. We stopped for lunch at this great little diner we thought we'd try. It was so good!

Next time, I'll know to be like those people I talked about who had their expensive cameras out taking pictures of their kids in the water. Ok, maybe I'll just get a diposable with a flash next time...if they still make them by then!