Each of the kids had their favorite parts about the water park, but mostly they just couldn't get enough. Kylene loved the water slides and would go with Kyle several times then come back and want to go with me. She also really enjoyed going out "deep" in the wave pool.
Spencer's favorite area were--by far--the boats that squirted water. He pretended his favorite red and yellow boat was a fire boat and he had to put out the fire. He finally warmed up to one of the small slides as long as he could go down on my lap. He loved the wave pool when the waves were off, and loved all the water features and figuring out how they worked.
Skyler loved every moment of it. You couldn't have wiped the smile off his face if you tried. He was fearless--much to my worry a few times--and would walk through the water up to his neck without flinching. He loved going under the "mushroom" waterfall with Kyle, loved any type of water in his face, and even took a few drinks when he thought I wasn't watching (yuck!). He loved the waves and the different water features squirt him.
It was tiring being in the water so much of the day but oh, so fun! (That's what you get for being an out of shape pregnant lady!) We spent several hours playing in the water as soon as we got there, then had dinner and went to story time and enjoyed some of the "Magi-Quest" features. (We had a de-activated wand, that still worked enough to mostly satisfy our young children.) Then the kids had a blast playing in the hotel room (who knew they were so cool?)! The next morning (Spencer only fell out of his siderail-less bed once!), we relaxed and had breakfast in the hotel room (donuts, oranges and juice, anyone?), then blew $5 in the arcade before hitting the water park again. After a brief break for lunch, we spent a couple more hours swimming and playing before heading home.
I knew I should have changed Skyler's diaper at lunch time, but I was lazy! Although maybe that wouldn't have made a difference. He ended up messing his pants and it leaked all over the kiddie area. Yuck! Kyle discovered it after they shut it down for cleaning and he decided he better check Skyler "just in case." He came and found Kylene and me and said, "I think it's time to go." We got showered and changed and quickly snuck out of there! Oh, the joys (and embarrassments) of parenthood!
My childrens' favorite questions the entire way home (in whiny voices) were, "Why couldn't we stay longer?" and "When do we get to go again?" I guess it was a success!
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I knew that hotel rooms were fun... we planned our last family vacation around hotels that had pools!!! Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Love and miss you!!
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