Great Wolf & Parker's Birthday -271/365

Another busy one today! 

We woke up around 8:30, grabbed a snack and hit the water park again! 

Reagan just loved it there. She wanted to go straight to the water slides! Grandma played catcher at the bottom while she went round and around. Jim and I decided to hit the two GIANT slides. Adrienne and Greg gave them a go, too! I have to admit being a little nervous. You had to go up nearly three flights of stairs to get up there. You sat down in an inter-tube, the lifeguard gave you the OK and then, you were GONE! They were SO FAST, it was crazy! You came out of the shoot about 100 miles an hour, then suddenly stopped. I tried to hop out of my tube, flipped out and went underwater. I'm not very graceful. LOL! We ended up going a few more times! 

After that, Jim and I decided we would try to stand where the GIGANTIC bucket dumps an avalanche of water. It's on top of a four story, water, tree house. The bucket would fill up every 5 minutes or so, then dump an avalanche of water on the people below. We watched people get dumped on, time and again, so we decided it was our turn. The force of the water was amazing, but it didn't really hurt like we thought it would. After we tried it, we made Adrienne and Jake do it, too! It was a hoot! 

We swam for about an hour and a half, then headed home. We had another birthday party to go to. Today was Parker's second birthday party! Where does the time go? We were just at his pirate party! We've had fun watching Parker grow up and especially, watching he and Reagan form a little friendship. They are really starting to have a good time together. It's so cute! 

Parker's theme was Mickey Mouse, so of course, we were thrilled! Jim, Reagan and I, all wore Mickey shirts to help keep the theme. 

Rachel had everything decorated so cute! The centerpieces were paint buckets, they painted yellow in the shop, put vinyl "happy birthday" stickers, a Mickey and tied balloons to them. Then, they filled them with popcorn! They were too cute! We were lucky enough to bring one home. Reagan already put it in her playroom. They had lots for the kids to do, too. A water table, bounce house, ball pit and of course the swing set. All the kids played so good together. Reagan made quick friends with Rachel's sister's daughter, Jillian. She even said to her "are you like the Jillian I know", referring to her cousin. LOL! The only time there were tears, was over the pinata. They broke it open and all the candy fell out, but they wanted to keep hitting it! 
After the pinata, Parker got his new car! He got a Cadillac Escalade! A couple of the kids tried it out, but the car kept getting put in reverse. They would try to go forward, then get scared when it went backwards. Reagan took it for a little spin around the front yard. She seemed to like it. Won't be long till they are cruising for real.
They had the food catered and it was excellent! The meatballs were everyone's favorite. They were absolutely amazing and I'm not even a big meatball person!
Rachel had the cutest little favors for the kids. Each one got 3D sidewalk chalk. They also got, a little Mickey bag filled with a small coloring book, crayons, candy and cup. It was a great party and of course, Reagan was pooped, yet again.
What a busy couple days!
The photo of the day is Parker celebrating his second birthday!

Here is Parker and Reagan attempting a ride in his new car...

 Next is, Jim, Adrienne, Jake and I getting drenched by the bucket drop. 

Finally, Reagan and Jillian having a little conversation...