The Great Wolf Lodge.

This weekend my Mom, Antonio and I as well as one of my oldest friends, Erin and her Mom, Liz who is one of my Mom's best friends and little boy Patrick, who is 23 months (we left the husbands at home!) went to the Great Wolf Lodge. I had heard from numerous people how great it was. I was a bit hesitant about how "great" it would be for Antonio being so young but IT WAS!!!  He had a BLAST! They had a great area for toddlers up to maybe 7 year olds. They even had 2 little water slides for them! We all shared a suite that have a "living" area as well as two bedrooms so we had our privacy! It worked out perfectly. At night we put both boys down and were able to stay up and chat until past 11pm! It was great! Happily they have a Starbucks in the lobby! The water park was impressive! Like I said they had an area designated for younger kids but also had a wave pool that generated waves similar to the ocean, an actual pool and then of course HUGE water slides for the bigger kids and adults. Sadly, all I can say is that the big slides looked really fun!

This is the wave pool area (stairs in the background to up to the BIG watersides!) 

This is the younger kids area.

As some of you may know Antonio has no real fear of water but strongly dislikes water in his face. Whether it be when washing his hair in the bath or getting splashed in the pool; he just does NOT like it! So as soon as we got changed into our suits and went to check out the water park. I worried about how much he'd like it; there was water coming and going everywhere. From the side, from above and even from below. After maybe 5 sec he got splashed, stopped, went to turn around to leave and I picked him up to go explore more water. He got better and better with water in his face. In fact he fell in love with a water slide where almost every time he went down he would get water in his face at the bottom. He quickly learned to cope and LOVE it! I was so proud!

This place really was a blast and is set up for the young and old kids! They had scavenger hunts, story time, an arcade and even a "Cub Club" which was set up for smaller kids to play and do some crafts. Antonio got to choose at breakfast if he wanted to go back to the water slide or play at the Cub Club; he chose the water slide! So we never got to check out the Cub Club but Erin took Patrick there and seemed to really like it.  I think kids younger than Patrick probably would not have enjoyed it as much; I think 2 is right on the edge of the younger age, depending on the kid. Patrick did had a lot of fun Saturday afternoon when we first got there checking out everything and kept talking about swimming the next morning.  I think you really need a full day to be able to see and do everything. I think I would maybe go for two nights so you have at least one full day to do everything! I already can't wait to go back and take Albert! It is pretty expensive but looks like if you go in their off season it isn't *to* bad considering you never really have to leave! All in all, it was a fun time for the kids and us girls as well! If you are considering going; go, you will have a blast! :)

**And within 15m of being home he pooped on the potty!!!!! A good weekend for sure! Until tomorrow morning when there isn't enough coffee to get me going! ;)