Great Wolf Lodge

To celebrate Ben's new job, we went to Great Wolf Lodge last Thursday night on the way to Raleigh.  We wanted to do something fun as a family but didn't really have the time to take a beach trip before he started.  So Great Wolf it was.  Weston was a piece of work on the drive there & required a few pit-stops; we were tempted to go against the posted sign and leave him here:

The resort itself is really cool and very geared towards children.  The waterpark was a hit with Jackson and thankfully Mom & Bruce met us there on Thursday afternoon to watch Weston so I could play too.  Jackson loved the wave pool, water fort & water slides.  He wasn't tall enough to go on many of the slides but there were a few he could do.  I personally thought the water was a bit cold, or at least the air was.  PopPaw played with Jackson for a little bit so Ben & I could do the big slides.  They were awesome but we both were sore later that night...yeah, that's right, sore from waterslides.  30s are old!

Every evening, they do a show where the animated trees & animals in the lobby come alive.  We got there first & Jackson was enthralled by it all and sat attentively on the front row, taking it all in. 

Following the show was story time, where the Violet the Wolf (think Minnie Mouse, but a wolf) came out and read a story & taught the kids to howl.  He loved the group interaction but wasn't so keen on hugging Violet.

The excitement paid off because he slept until 9:45 the next morning.  He only woke up because he heard me checking on him.  He enjoyed a powdered donut in bed (hey, its vacation!) and then ate his fair share of bacon & pancakes at the breakfast buffet.

We hit up the arcade & let Jackson & Ben race motorcycles, drive jeeps and win prizes before packing up to head to Raleigh.

We had a great time & will definitely go back once Jackson's a little taller!