On Monday morning we drove up to Traverse City where we spent the night at The Great Wolf Lodge. There was no holiday, no breaks from school then- there was just me wanting to get away for a bit and spend some time as a family. It was a good choice on my part. The Great Wolf Lodge is so perfect for little kids and the water park there helped me pretend like it was summer for a bit.
When we first arrived, they gave the kids wolf ears so, of course, I had to take pictures to document how cute they looked with them on:
After picture taking, we immediately headed to the water park. Lucy loved the toddler area and so I spent most of my time with her and Penny there. She even got brave and went on the little water slides they had in that area- they were super fast slides!
Eventually Penny had too much fun in the water and passed out:
While I spent most of my time with the girls, Tyler spent his time chasing around the boys. They went in the big pool, played in a splash fort, floated (around the lazy river, crossed a pool on lily pads, and went on some big kids slides. And by "they" I really mean "Steven." Ben got freaked out by the deep water and the big slides and pretty much everything and ended up just following Steven around- so lame. Yet somehow Ben still had a blast and wanted to go back the next morning....
After our water fun, we had some dinner at Camp Critter Bar & Grille. It had a fun forest like atmosphere (talking animals and twinkling stars included) and the food was delicious, I especially liked the Fruit & Fruit Dip appetizer.
Penny liked the fruit too (she ate some strawberries in her mesh thingy) but I think she especially liked the frog feet she had first:
After dinner the kids got into their jammies which led to another wolf ear photo opt...
...And then they went to see the Clock Show (which had some songs that Lucy enjoyed shaking her fist too) and then it was Story Time (where a book that did not really hold there attention was shared). They were joined after Story Time by Rachel Raccoon, whom Lucy was totally enthralled by. She immediately wanted to give this Raccoon hugs and couldn't stop looking at her, not even for a picture (however she felt completely opposite towards Wiley Wolf who showed up the next morning- she DID NOT want to hug him):
The next morning the kids were up at their usual early time but the water park didn't open until 10 so we decided to buy a wand and play Magiquest. I am not a fan of Magiquest but the boys seemed to like it. It involves a handful of quests, each quest requires certain items- you collect these items by finding them and then waving your wand at them. These items can move and/or talk when you wave your want at them. Really fun in theory and honestly, probably fun for the kids but I wasn't a fan of all the back and forth walking and all the waiting for elevators (since Penny was in a stroller we couldn't just take the stairs and there were only 2 elevators in the hotel).
After getting their fill of the water park we had lunch and then stopped by Bear Paw Sweets for dessert. I LOVE Lucy's chocolaty teeth in the first picture:
Next we did some bowling at Ten Paw Alley. It had shorter lanes, small bowling balls and was overall the best bowling alley for little kids ever. They had too much fun:
We ended our stay by doing some more Magiquests (yeah.) and then headed back into the cold to go home....
That place looks awesome! A much needed get away and family time indeed
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