Texas Strongs: Great Wolf Lodge

Friday, April 5, 2013

Great Wolf Lodge

Friday, April 5

Savannah & her best friend M have birthdays 5 days apart, so they usually get to celebrate them together in some way. M's family does something special for their kids' 8th birthdays. Their family goes to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, TX, and the birthday kid gets to invite a friend. M invited Savannah and they had a blast. Great Wolf Lodge is a huge indoor water park that is in the middle of a family-friendly hotel. They went to school for a couple of hours on Friday and then drove up to Dallas. After checking in they spent the whole afternoon and evening swimming and going on the water slides.

I was really proud of Savannah because she just learned to swim well without floaties during the last week of summer last year. She didn't really swim in the water at the beach, so this was her first time really swimming again. Erin said she did great!

At night they had a big pajama story time for the kids.

On M's birthday the girls exchanged gifts, and M gave Savannah the Toys'R'Us version of an American Girl doll. Savannah has never been into dolls, but ever since M got one Savannah has loved playing it with her. They are thrilled to be able to play together now, and it's fun for me to actually see Savannah with a doll after all these years. These dolls are more like "tween" dolls with cute outfits and accessories.

Savannah had such a fun time and we're grateful to good friends for giving her such a good experience!

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Lauree's Daily Thoughts

8/28/13 Connor has worn the same size underwear for the last 3 1/2 years. He finally moved up to the next size this week. It's still a little loose, but it's progress.
8/22/13 The kids met their teachers tonight! They all seem happy with their teachers and we hope it will be a great year!
8/21/13 I took the kids to Texas Jumping Beans this morning and we met up with a bunch of friends. The kids had a GREAT time and their socks were so nasty that I ended up throwing them all away after attempting to wash them.
8/19/13 I took Landon for his 3-year-old check-up and he screamed his head off when they tried to weigh and measure him. He was totally fine when the doctor came in and checked him all out, but for some reason he is terrified of the scale. Then I took Jacob to pick up his schedule and books for 7th grade. He's happy to have a technology class this year, and choir again.
8/17/13 Jacob got to go on a youth temple trip again and had a great time. I'm so thankful he has good kids to hang out with, doing good things.
8/8/13 I got to go to the temple in San Antonio with a couple of friends this morning. It was nice to have that peaceful break during the summer, and I had a great time chatting with Allison & Elizabeth on the ride there and back!
8/2/13 Just got back from a trip to my brother's house in Odessa. We had a fun time visiting with Steven, Sarah, Max & Madelyn! We also got to see my mom for a day since she came for a visit as well.

Kid Moments

7/14 I can't remember why, but we were talking about how baby sharks start out as an egg (I know...don't you wish you could listen in to all of our dinner conversations?) Connor says very matter-of-fact "A shark's egg's sac is also known as a mermaid's purse!"
6/14 We were talking about a girl we know who just donated her hair to Wigs for Kids. I told Connor it was for kids who had cancer and had lost their hair. He immediately replied "Or with kids who have alopecia areata." Apparently he learned about alopecia areata at career day and remembered every detail.
6/14 One day while we were eating Zach said randomly "If cannibals ate French people you could call it a French "fry."
2/28/14 (We have watched a LOT of the movie "Wall-E" over the last few weeks.) Landon: I wanna watch Wall-E the lobot. Lauree: No, not today. Landon: You stick a Wall-E the lobot Mommy? (stick = sick)