The Great Wolf Lodge

We took a mini family vacation to KC to hit the Lodge, The Great Wold Lodge that it! We met up with our friends and had a fantastic time! The kids loved everything the Lodge had to offer. Mason was tall enough this year to do all the slides, we did the great big green one that we refer to as the toilet bowl. We think it swirls you around like you are being flushed down a toilet! He was even brave enough to stand somewhat close to the big bucket that pours out water. Ellery enjoyed it as well, but she liked cuddling under all the towels to get warm. Bryson liked it, but not as much as we thought he would. It could of been us shoving him down slides and making him float the lazy river non-stop, but having a kid that doesn't talk so much does have its perks. He can't complain about the stay if he doesn't talk! Since he is a great easy going kid, we really didn't have a problem with him!
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Water Slide Fun

I was exchanging emails with a friend and she mentioned getting together to "water slide". I finally clarified on what water slide we were going to meet up at, I was thinking of leaving Bryson with a sitter if it was going to be a water park adventure. She sent me a picture of this monstrosity, that she has in her yard. We just had water day at our house and then go to a friends house for this water day! Thank goodness we did our water day prior to this one!

Water Day

We decided to have water day at the house again. Nothing like hooking up the old slip and slide and putting it at the bottom of our play structure slide. The kids love it. I need to go get myself a shepherds hook so I don't have to hold the hose or drench myself as I wrap it around the play structure to shoot down the slide. They also love jumping on the trampoline with water spraying everywhere!

CoCo Keys

Our library summer reading program gives tickets to the kids for our local water park, Coco Keys. Since we are on staycation we got a sitter for Bryson and took the older ones to the water park. Mason's finger was looking better, and the kids were really excited to go! Ellery put miles sitting on my lap and Rob's lap going around the lazy river. She loved floating around and around. Mason enjoyed climbing the play structures and going down the big slides. He also took breaks from the big slides to play on the smaller slides with his sister!

Slide and Slip

Rob has brought a new name to slip and slide, it is now called slide and slip. Leave it to a dad to make it even more fun, it wasn't good enough to just slip and slide, he souped it up with a slide to a slip. Mason and his friend Sam loved it! Loved it so much it made them thirsty. Rather than slow down enough to go inside for a drink they improvised and found a trough of water at the end of the slide.

Spray Park

We hit a spray park after VBS with some friends and I think everyone enjoyed it!

Sprinklers

Rob turned the sprinklers for the yard a few days ago after our walk and let them cycle through to make sure they were all working. The kids watched for a bit and then got curious. We took an early morning walk so they were still in pj's, but that didn't stop them. They loved playing in the water.
Since they loved playing in the water so much I headed out and bought a sprinkler for the yard. They didn't enjoy it at full force, but once I turned it down they enjoyed sticking heads under the water, drinking it, and occasionally running through it.