We had a ball at the Great Wolf Lodge, hotel & indoor water park! We had decided to do this mini vacation for the kids during their spring break on 4/6 & 4/7 with our tax return present to ourselves. They just opened this hotel/water park on March 18th and spent millions on construction and we had been seeing tv commercials and I was sold as soon as I checked it out online. Marcus & I were planning on keeping this a secret for the girls, which lasted only a few hours. I couldn't hold it in anymore, I was more excited than I thought they would be. After we told them, they screamed and were so excited - they couldn't fall asleep that night. The next day, I made a chore chart for them to earn money for the arcade and kids spa in the hotel. After Marcus saw how hard they were working in the house, I think he was glad that I couldn't keep the secret. We had 3 weeks of coming home to all 3 girls cleaning from windows to toilets, it was great!! We had our 2 days planned 3 weeks before we left. The girls saved the money they had been earning and also received donations from Grandma Jackie & St.Denis...enough for each of them each to pay for a luxury manicure, arcade money, (deal or no deal was most of our favorite game) and O even bought a shirt that says, "I would trade my brother for another trip to the Great Wolf Lodge". Pito lasted 3 hours max at the water park before he needed a nap. After his nap, we were in the arcade and he was having a great time but the girls were asking if grandma & grandpa could take him overnight so we could all go back to the waterpark and go on rides together...so we called them and they were right there to pick him up, they live about 10 mins away. I was a little sad to see him go but he was excited to see grandma Jackie and papa Turk so that made it easier.
So about these rides, there was one called the "howling tornado" and it was so scary! 4 people would go together on a raft where everyone faced each other. You traveled down an enclosed slide (when it was dark outside, the ride was pitch black) and after just a few seconds, there was a 70 foot drop that shot you on the tornado part, back & forth the walls! It was a lot of fun but I said a prayer that we wouldn't fall off the raft each time we stood in line. We all had such a wonderful time, the room was awesome, food was great and I went to the spa and got an awesome massage from my friend Nikki's best friend Heather who is a massage therapist there. Hopefully we can go back again next year!
