The Stanley's: Great Wolf Lodge

We finally decided to take the plunge and take a mini vacation to the Great Wolf Lodge. We figured we better go before the baby arrives as we probably won't be back for a few years. When I told her we were going to the water slide park she was so excited to go back to Minnesota! I had to break the news that we weren't going to Minnesota but that she would still have fun. From the moment we arrived to the moment we left she was all smiles and just had a blast. We only ended up staying one night, but were there for two whole days (plenty of time for a two year old at a water park). She was swimming (with a life jacket) everywhere. She was such a big girl. She went down the bigger slides (not the howling tornado like dad, but still the big kid ones) all by herself. I would go to the top with her and Jim would catch her at the bottom. A couple of times she did a 360 down the slide but never seemed to get scared, just wanted to go again. She loved the wave pool, slides, and play toys in the toddler area (which surprisingly she spent the least of her time). She spent her evening in the arcade, just dancing around under the black lights, never played a game. We didn't get nearly as many pictures as we wanted as the place was so wet, duh, but really buckets are constantly dumping water, people can spray you with hoses, etc. I didn't take my camera to the main slides Julia was doing as it would have got soaked. Anyway, we did get some pictures of our fabulous "vacation".

a portion of the water park, the bucket would drop 1000 gallons every 5 minutes or so