We took Brooke to the Great Wolf Lodge last week for a family vacation.  The Great Wolf Lodge is a water park that caters to children and families.  It was the first time that we all stayed in one room and Brooke slept in the pull out sofa.  She was so used to her big girl bed (and she was so tuckered out from all the fun) that she was a champ and napped and slept wonderfully with us 4 feet away (behind a 6 foot partition).  The water park had everything!  They had a large pool just for toddlers which included water slides.  Brooke loved to go down the slides and kept saying ‘more’ at the end of each ride.  There was also a large playground full of different water buckets and wheels to turn which would change the pattern of the water coming out.  One of Brooke’s favorite things to do (which we unfortunately could not capture because it was too wet in that area) was have Laura hold the bucket with it pouring out just a little.  Brooke would put her hand under the stream and Laura would warn her with “aaaaaa splash!’ and then pour more water out splashing Brooke’s hand and body.  Brooke again would laugh and say ‘more’!  There were lots of water slides for adults that I went down and even a few that were safe for Laura too.  There was an ocean pool that we splashed in the waves.  Lots of small fountains that Brooke liked to walk through or put her hands in.  Also there was a pool with basketball hoops and Brooke loved playing with the ball and I helped her with a few slam dunks.  Every night there was storytime in the lobby which Brooke attended, also other fun things like dance parties and an arcade and cub club where she could draw/color to her hearts content and had a variety of toys to play with.  We had such a great time that we even stayed an extra night.

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