The in-town spring break

Stuart and I decided to treat the kids to a trip to in-town family favorite, the Great Wolf Lodge. We had never been, but we figured a trip to a hotel with an indoor waterpark would be a big hit. We looked into it for spring break, but apparently GWL has figured out when spring break is, and the rates are about double the typical, which aren't really cheap from the start. So, we picked a date in affordable February, and headed off to the Lodge last Saturday night.

We waited to tell the kids where we were going until the last minute, but it turned out they had no idea what the Great Wolf Lodge was anyway. Sam's response was, "Is there a pool there?" Um, yeah.

We didn't get to spend as much time as we would have liked, because the weather was down-right wintery and Sam had some homework, Stu had a cold, you know, same old same old. Still, we spent a good 5 hours or so swimming, and that was really enough for them to fall in love.

The place is a true resort for kids-- it was totally themed inside (though several notches below the fantastic Wilderness Lodge at Disney World, natch), and they not only had an indoor waterpark (like that would be enough), but a craft room, story time, an indoor quest game, and an arcade too. If it had been warm, putt putt would have also been an option.

We participated in the story time with about 150 other small kids in pjs, but the kids loved every minute of it. It was truly a little mini-break in our very cold cold winter. I personally enjoyed standing in line with the kids for water slides while watching it snow huge flakes outside.

We have pictures! They are mobile phone pictures, but at least we have something. Check them out below: