The Wilderness

This weekend we surprised the boys with a trip to the wilderness in Wisconsin Dells. We picked them up from school on Friday and immediately started driving. Two hours later, we arrived and Alex was beside himself with excitement. After checking in we headed to our rooms to get on our swimsuits and get in a little fun before bed. We headed to the wave pool. After a little time Dylan finally got up the courage to go in the water in a giant double inner tube. An hour or so later and we headed back to sleep. Mark stayed in the room with the boys, and I walked the halls for a while.



Saturday morning Alex opened the curtains at 6:45 and woke us all up. He'd been awake for awhile and wanted some light. Whose kid is he anyways. Aftr a breakfast buffet, we headed to the indoor playarea. Alex loved it, and Dylan walked around and tried to climb things with his hands over his ears. They had lots of cannons that shot foam balls and they made lots of noise. And that, Dylan did not like, at all.






Here Alex was shooting a cannon and Dylan was trying to cover his ears fast enough.

How are you supposed to climb and cover your ears? Dylan did his best.

After a few minutes he headed to the toddler play area and bounced around on the climbing things.

After about an hour we headed to the lazy river waterpark. After exactly 5 times around, he was counting. We headed to the splash area. Not so fun for Dylan, it was too loud, it had a big bucket that dumped water down. I managed to get him down one tiny slide. All he wanted to do was get in the hot tub. After about 10 minutes I caved. 30 minutes later, I made him get out, too hot for me. Meanwhile, Mark and Alex were off riding the slides (with both room keys I might add). Dylan and I hunted for them for a while, then spent another 30 minutes in the hot tub. At that point enough was enough. I searched for Mark again and then found a spot to stew. Yeah, I was a little mad. Finally at that point we found them and I headed back to the room and the 3 boys hit the hot tub again. Once I got dry and dressed I cooled off a little. Lunch in the room and a nap for Dylan. Meanwhile Alex and Mark played 3D mini golf. Alex said it was super great. Dylan refused because of all the characters in the golf area.

After a rest we headed to the last swim area. Mark and Alex headed off to the big water slides and I took Dylan to the play area. Once again no go. This time I was prepared. I took a book and found a seat and told Dylan he could go in the water or sit there. So, he sat there, wrapped in a towel.

Alex on the other hand also went down the slides and loved playing in the water.

Here he was getting dumped on. At that point Mark came and sat down with me and we watched him play in the water while Dylan sat.

Finally at the very end, he started jumping into the water in the toddler play area.

At this point he was having fun. Finally!

After dinner at the Thirsty Buffalo, we sent the kids to bed at 7:00. They were exhausted! And so was I. Tonight it was Mark's turn to take off while I stayed in the room with the boys.

This morning we got up (at all of 7:30, woohoo they slept in) and had breakfast in the room and then headed to the wave pool for a couple more hours of fun. One more waterslide for Mark and Alex and then it was fun in the wave pool for everybody. Dylan sat on a raft with Mark in the deepest part and loved riding the waves. Alex went off on his own in an inner tube and I actually relaxed about it. He's a good enough swimmer that even in the 6 foot area I wasn't worried about him. I grabbed a tube and just floated for a while.

After a couple of hours we had lunch from the snack bar and let the boys stuff a couple of animals and get the animals wilderness t-shirts and then it was time to go home. It was a great weekend! You would never know by talking to Dylan that he had a rough time. He says it was great! Mark and Alex loved, loved, loved going on all of the water slides and playing in the water. My water loving boys.