Birthday Girl Trip #2!!

My guys have everything 

and 

anything they could 

need

and 

really want!

I am sure there is always going to be something else

they "want"...but for the most part...

they are not big

"wanters"

 by training mind you.

So we have really been trying to gear gifts more

toward experiences instead of 

more "things"

and 

more "stuff".

So her Grammy decided 

that a trip to 

Great Wolf Lodge

was a great way to celebrate!!!

So after our Pinkalicious girls night,

we headed home

loaded up

and headed to 

Great Wolf Lodge!

We were greeted with a birthday banner on our door,

for the birthday girl!

We were surprised with a very nice room!

Daddy saw how big the tub was,

and decided to see if it would fit him...

It did...

him plus 4!

Uncomfortably, though...

The birthday girl got a nice long bubble bath,

by herself!

We turned the Jacuzzi jets on, 

and the bubbles, 

grew...

And grew!!!

I am pretty thrifty,

with 4 kids

and one salary,

it is almost a must.

The first night,

I decided on an antipasto style dinner.

Crackers

Cut up cheese

Cut up lunch meats

Cut up fruits and veggies

They were a HIT!

And we were able to snack on this

the whole weekend.

And, of course,

I brought my own plates

and 

we washed them in the tiny in-room sink.

After a quick dinner,

we put the littles to bed

and Grammy let

mommy and daddy take the big boys

back to the water park for a bit.

Rico's favorite part of the Williamburg park

is the body boarding ride.

He is getting really good at it!

And he spends most of his time at this ride!

Hubby snapped a picture of me watching my 

baby boy do daredevil stunts.

Saturday we were up bright and early and 

back at the waterpark.

Unfortunately,

there are no pictures from most of our day's

adventures.

After dinner,

they had face painting in the lobby.

We were some of the lucky few to get our faces painted.

Mommy joined in the fun!

(left to right:  football player, Spiderman,

Hello Kitty*, a girl wolf, a skeleton)

*I let the girl doing the painting pick my character.

Then, of course,

back to the water park.

This is what the boys looked like after a round 

on the wave rider.

Jackson looks kinda scary!

We were up bright and early again on Sunday.

Grammy had brought a cookie cake 

to celebrate with Alexis for her birthday,

and we hadn't slowed down long enough

to cut it...

so guess what we had for breakfast?

Then we hit the water again...

As is the norm with all of our kids,

we have to talk them into the slides 

in the kiddy section.

But once we finally threaten them with 

life and limb...

they finally decide that they LOVE it!

And we can't get them off of it!

The big boys did such a good job helping their little brother.

Jackson and Lex on the bigger slides.

Then miss priss shocked quite a few people at how 

brave she was to go across these lily pads!

She did such a good job,

and really almost made it look easy!

She finally made it to the end,

and the rope was just too tall for her to reach...

so hesitantly...

she made a jump for the side!

...And she missed!

That was pretty cute

and pretty funny.

Yes, 

I did help her out

AFTER

I took the picture!

After 3 days of wearing himself out...

Mr. T finally couldn't hang any longer!

The kids have such a good time at the waterpark.

And they are insanely blessed to have a grammy

that loves taking them there

as much as they like going!!