There were a couple reasons we decided to make a special trip over to the Great Wolf Lodge last weekend for some fun family time. The first, and maybe the biggest if you ask Reilly, was to celebrate a HUGE milestone in her life......the ability to fall asleep withOUT sucking her thumb!! Shawn and I have been trying to encourage her for many months to stop sucking her thumb at night, as we have noticed the effect it is having on her mouth and are more concerned about preventing future orthodontists bills!! But, since this is a habit that she has literally had since the moment of her birth, and since it's something she only does while sleeping, it's not been easy to help her break the habit. We decided to use some special "gloves" on her hands at night to help be a reminder to her that her thumb could not go in her mouth. The first night we put them on was absolutely miserable. She cried and screamed for about an hour for us to please take them off. It was honestly the first experience as a parent where I knew what we were doing was for her own good but she did NOT see it that way and it was heartbreaking. But after that first night, she obliged to wear them every night thereafter and has now developed the ability to fall asleep on her own. What a HUGE accomplishment!!!!! We gave her the incentive that if she could stop, then we would celebrate by going to "The Lodge", a place she asks to go to at least once a month.
The other reason why we decided to have such a special overnight adventure was for the purpose of having one last "hoorah" as a family of 4 before the new baby arrives. And that's just what we did :) The kids had an absolute blast. I never imagined that Reilly would be so over-the-top excited to ride some of the water slides, but after she got started on the first, she wanted to do them ALL!!! And since she was just at the minimum height of 42", she was able to do everything except for the biggest slide, the Tornado. Shawn and Reilly rode the slides over and over and over and over and would have kept riding more if time wasn't an issue! Braxton had a blast on the "little slides" in the toddler area and he LOVED the wave pool too! He definitely tried to say "ME!" several times after Reilly got off a slide, indicating that he wanted it to be his turn, but unfortunately, he'll have to wait until he grows about 10 more inches to do that!!
Braxton loved getting knocked over by the waves...
the first time down one of the big slides....ALL SMILES!
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