Sharing Tidbits . . .: Great Wolf Lodge

On Kelsey's 1st birthday, we gave Kaitlyn a "Big Sister 1 Year Anniversary" gift. It included a new swimsuit, a 22 day countdown chain and a brochure detailing a trip to a 'waterpark hotel' that she had been begging for!

So in early February, we packed our bags and headed north to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City. The girls were superb riders - far exceeding both Jeff and my expectations. Both girls also fell in love with the water. Kaitlyn wore her life jacket without complaint and went down every single water slide she was allowed on ... over and over again. She was even laughing at me for screaming while we went down this incredibly fast double tube slide! Whoa! I was so thrilled with her courage. She and Daddy spent much of the three days we were there going down water slides, doing laps in the lazy river and hopping across the lilypads. Unfortunately the strong chemicals in the water really irritated Kaitlyn's excema and by the last day both of her legs were red, inflammed and very painful. Of course she was a trouper and never complained about them till bedtime. Jeff and I had noticed her walking silly in the water park but we thought her life jacket strap was just bugging her. We were shocked when we actually examined her poor legs. :( Kelsey had fun playing in the water spouts and swimming in the pool with me.

Nobody slept well the first night so we paid an upgrade charge and moved to a huge suite for the second night which meant Kaitlyn had her own huge bed and we could keep Kelsey in a room with us so she wouldn't wake Kaitlyn up during the night. We all got a wonderful nights sleep that night so it was well worth it. Besides the water park, we all enjoyed playing round after round of Magic Quest, visiting the Treat Shop, doing some crafts in the Kids Area and listening to the Bedtime Story. So blessed to be able to take these vacations and make such wonderful memories with my girls!