Great Wolf Lodge & Evan's Birthday - 270/365

 What a busy day today! 

We started at Gymnastics. Jim was off today, so he got to finally see Reagan in action at Gymnastics. She did great and loved having daddy there to watch. She kept running over to him and giving him high-fives. 

After Gymnastics, we went over to Family Garden day to FINALLY get her hand print on the fence. It was a gorgeous day, so they were able to do it. When we first got there, they were doing their craft. It was an adorable little craft. They were making fall trees out of lunch bags. We cut strips, twisted them and puffed it, so it looked exactly like a tree. They had little squares of tissue paper, that they cut little leaves out and glued them on. It was adorable!
After the craft, it was time to do the hand prints. Reagan did hers just perfect, her fingers were perfectly spaced. They each got to pick a color and she picked white, which went perfectly on the maroon fence. It looks fantastic! It will be wonderful to go and see how her hand grows as we continue to visit the garden. We're so excited! 

After the garden, it was time to head up to The Great Wolf Lodge to celebrate our little nephew, Evan's second birthday! Time goes so fast, we can't believe he is two! He is such a sweet little boy!

The drive was great and we made it in exactly two hours. 

Evan had a nice little group to help him celebrate. Adrienne, Jake, Jillian, Greg, Nikki, Jim, Reagan, Nikki, Andrew, Ally,  Hugh, Alicia, Desmond and I were all there to help him celebrate.

The lodge was BEAUTIFUL! As soon as we walked in the lobby, there were activities for the kids. There was a lady with hula hoops and twisted animal balloons. Reagan was in heaven, she got a pink dog balloon.

We got situated in our room, then were off to the water park. It was huge an there was so much to do! The kids just played and played in the splash pad. They had a great time. 

Eventually, we went over to the water slides. Reagan, Ally and Jillian must have gone down those slides about a million times. They would get to the top, wait for whoever was last, which was usually Reagan, since she's the smallest of the three, and then go. It was so adorable! 

Reagan and Ally, went down the bigger yellow slide. Reagan was a little apprehensive, but we just pushed her on down. Then, she loved it. She was supposed to go on her back, but must have flipped over on her tummy in the tunnel. She wanted to go again, but when we told her she had to stay on her back, she said, "no."

After they played, we were going up to Adrienne and Jake's room to have pizza and cake to celebrate the birthday boy. The kids basically huddled up on the couch and played iPad together. I think they were just resting from our their fun in the water park. They played so hard!

After we sang and the kids helped Evan open his presents, we took them down to the arcade to play some games. Adrienne had gotten the kids each a stuffed wolf, that came with a pre-paid game card to use in the arcade. How nice! They had a ball playing Skee Ball. They were better than the parents. Nikki and I, both flung balls against the fence, that then, made a deafening sound through the arcade! LOL! 

They all earned lots of tickets and turned them in for goodies. Reagan picked out a frog ring, bracelet and some candy! Ally, Andrew and Reagan all got a smarties type sucker, which made a mess of their mouths! Reagan really enjoyed hers. It was so funny!

After the arcade, there was a little show in the lobby. Us adults could not understand one word, but the kids got a kick out of it. We just stood in the back and sipped down a beer. It was a great way to end the evening. What a super fun day. Everyone was pooped! Reagan curled right up with her "friends" and her new friend the wolf. She was out in two minutes!

The photo of the day is Evan enjoying his birthday party....

 Reagan enjoying the water slide...

All the kids with a wolf from the Lodge...

And last, but not least, Reagan and her much anticipated hand print at Fellows Riverside Children's Garden.