Our weekend and big get-away!

This is a catch up post so....warning: there's a lot to it! The weekend started out with a bang, or rather, and dumping of snow on Friday! The kids and I shoveled the driveway at noon and then Cubby and Christian were back at it again that afternoon! Crazy stuff--it was really beautiful though.
Valentine's Day was very lovey--the kids had made cards for Daddy and they enjoyed their little surprises as well. My mom came over in the afternoon and we were busy organizing and repurposing the basement and Christian's room--so fun (for us). Cubby made a huge fort in our bedroom and they had fun playing in that. Christian ended up a bit under the weather with his eye teeth coming in. He only wanted Grandma after naps...so sweet.

Then, on Monday, as Emily said it, "The Lindseth's are going on vacation!" My mom treated us to a night at the Great Wolf Lodge. We drove down Monday and hit the waterpark all afternoon. The kids were both weirdly sick (Emily would break out into hives whenever she got upset and Christian developed a horrible cough due to the drainage from his runny nose...from his teething.) So, that night was a rough one, but we still had a good time the next morning before heading back home. On a side note, I had both kids at the doctor's this morning--Emily's hives subside w/meds and hydrocortisone but they're not sure why they suddenly surfaced. Christian is doing better now that he is on meds--both for his cough and, as it turns out, an ear infection. Poor little guy!

Christian's favorite time: snack time!

Emily coming down a big waterslide! (Very humid in there--hence, the foggy picture)

This is the big slide she went down!

Cubby, coming down that same slide :-)

Traveling and "vacationing" with kids isn't exactly relaxing (especially when they're not feeling 100%), but, we still had a fantastic time just getting away. Emily was extremely brave and really surprised me with how much she was willing to try. (She does not like going underwater or getting a lot of water splashed in her face.) She loved going down the big fast waterslides with Cubby and I (in innertubes) and even did one by herself! Good stuff. Christian's favorite thing was this MagicQuest game that they have going through the hotel. Older kids go around playing it and there are big screens w/dragons and stuff on them. He LOVED the dragons and would drag one of us down the hall every 10 mins to see them.

Emily, making her way across the lilly pads!

Fun Timers!

The three hour car trip was just enough for my non-road warrior kids and so we definitely would like to go back again in a year or two for some more fun. Thanks, Mom!