Taking a just-turned-two-year-old to a waterpark reminds me to just stop and enjoy the little things. Cooper was sooooo stinkin excited for our weekend away. Sometimes I wish I got THAT excited for something:)
Both kids did great on the 4-hour drive--we stopped about halfway to stretch and grab lunch, and they both slept nearly the rest of the way. I was worried about Izzy being pent up in her carseat that long, but she was a trooper. Cooper had plenty to keep him occupied, and he didn't really get bored until the last hour of the way back home.
The trip was an absolute blast for us all. We got a killer deal on the rooms, and the only snag in the weekend came at about 11:30 Friday night when the fire alarm went off. The kids were both asleep, I had gone to bed at about 11 to help fight off my cold, and the rest of the crew was still awake playing card games. To make a long story short, some people (drunks on a prank? kids? who knows...) emptied a fire extinguisher right outside our room, then pulled the fire alarm. It wouldn't have been half as scary if we didn't believe there was an actual fire near our room... We had no idea until after we started running down the hall, toward the exit, that the thick smoke wasn't smoke at all. It was the carbon from the extinguisher. We scurried back to our room and went out to the patio to wait out the 20-minute blaring alarm. The alarm continued intermittently for the next 30 minutes or so. We finally got Cooper back to sleep by about 12:45 AM. Izzy, on the other hand, hardly even flinched the whole time. After being scooped up from her crib, having her face shoved in my arm while I ran with her, listening to hollering and a shrieking fire alarm, she hardly moved a muscle.
Now for the fun stuff: the pictures! We didn't get great photos, but it's tough to photograph a moving target who has a new knack for running the other way when he sees the camera come out...
 |
| The excitement was evident the minute we arrived! |
 |
| Auntie "Mees" and Phil had a fun time making Cooper giggle. |
 |
| Coop was a little unsure of the slides... |
 |
| The squeals and the shrieks from this little guy were just priceless. |
 |
| Just taking a little break with Daddy and cheeseballs. |
 |
| Dan, with his towel-cape. |
 |
| He was pulling with all his might! |
 |
| Working on jumping with Jackie |
 |
| Izzy got in on a little of the action, too... but she spent most her time checking out the guys from poolside. |
 |
| Just chillin on the Lazy River |
 |
| Cooper loved when he could have his own seat in the tube. |
 |
| Sisters! (And sleeping Izzy) |
 |
| Our family - January 2012 |
No comments:
Post a Comment