Happy 2013 so far...

We started off the new year with a nice week of family time, with no school or work. We spent a couple of days at Great Wolf Lodge again (like last year), and the kids loved it even more this time. 

Our fun "kids camp" room

Lovin' the water

Funny that Grant doesn't look happy here because he spent hours on that water toy. He loved spraying strangers with the powerful squirt gun. :)

Lotsa Water Dump Zone!

Eliza had grown a couple of inches since last year, so she had moved up into the "yellow zone" which meant she could ride on all but one of the grown-up rides as long as she had an adult with her. She was in heaven. Eliza isn't scared of much, so she didn't even hesitate at going down all the tube rides and the mat race rides. Grant missed the "yellow zone" by about half and inch, but he wouldn't have wanted to go on the big rides anyway. There were two kid slides he could go on, and he was completely happy going down those fifty times. Kimball went on every ride as many times as he could and loved them all. All the kids liked the wave pool and the water dump zone and the basketball pool. We just went from one thing to the next for two solid days and had a fabulous time. Mark and I kept teasing about getting sunburned though because it does feel weird to be at a water park all day and not have to worry about the sun at all!

We also spent a day at the Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC and had a fun time learning about trains and cars and airplanes. We saw some super cool old engines and even got to ride on a turntable at the roundhouse, just like on the Thomas movies. 

Look at that steam engine!

And yes, even Liza's new baby Heidi got to come with us

After our week of play, we had to get back to real life. The kids went back to school, Mark went back to work, and Grant and I spent a lot of time at home trying to get our house put back together from the holidays. We've had gorgeous weather this week (even in the 70's) so we're having a hard time believing it's only January. But we are looking forward to a new year and the new experiences that await.