Trip to the Wisconsin Dells

One of the Kid Size water slides Mia was able to go down by herself. We thought she'd be a little scared but we could barely get her off of them long enough to eat!

At one of the water parks they had a huge Bucket of water that would dump out every few minutes. I tried to get a picture of Lance and Mia getting drenched but this was the best I got.

These little water foutains were one of Maddi's favorite things

This is a picture of part of one of the water parks in our hotel.

At the first water park we went to, they had a good sized water slide that you could ride down with a child, so Maddi got a little taste of things here.

Baby Water swings....great invention

"Enjoying" the ride there

Letting everyone else enjoy the ride there. :)

Taking a snack break at a random park along the way.

During October break Lance had the idea of taking a two day one night trip to the Wisconsin Dells. We had heard about this place from some friends (it's a whole city FULL of outdoor and indoor water parks, amusement parks, boating and water sports, different attractions...basically Las Vegas for Little Kids and Families) and they had some great specials during their off peak times. October break fell on one of these days so we got a great deal on a hotel room at the Wilderness Resort decided to go for it. It was about a 6 hour drive to get there and we were only planning on staying one night so we were a little worried about whether it would worth it, but I have to say it was one of the best little vacations we have ever taken! I can't say enough good about it. The price of your hotel room includes admission for 4 to the water parks. And our hotel had 3 separate indoor waterparks. We left our house at 7 am on Monday took a few stops along the way and got to our hotel around 1:30 Wisconsin time. We were able to check right into our room, change into swimsuits and play at one of the water parks until dinner, then we ate, got back in our suits and played some more until bedtime. One of the best parts of this whole vacation was the fact that we were all SO exhausted after the long day that after bathing the girls and putting them in bed, we turned off the lights and ALL of us fell right to sleep and slept for 10 1/2 hours straight! Lance and I NEVER get that much sleep especially on vacation. Then we woke up ate at the breakfast buffet, changed into swimsuits, checked out of our room and continued playing at the parks until 4pm. After getting in the car the girls were so tired they were both asleep before we left the parking lot and slept for the first 2 hours of the drive home. Then one stop for dinner, one movie in the car, and the girls fell BACK asleep and we got home at 11:30 pm.

So a little more on the actual hotel. The waterparks each had their own water slides, tube water slides, Family water slides where you sit in a raft (although there are NO lights inside...our kids were a little scared), Lazy rivers, Play areas for little kids, Kid's water slides, A Wave Pool, and hot tubs. Each water park has locker rooms, they provide all your towels, and life jackets, have concession areas to eat, etc. The hotel also had one area that is just a HUGE play place/structure (if you've ever hear of Discovery Zone it's kind of like that) with tons of tunnels to climb through, slides to go down.

The whole thing was just pure fun. I felt like our kids were at good ages to be able to enjoy everything and 2 days was PLENTY of time for us to get everything in.