Last weekend, we were fortunate enough to be able to celebrate not only Memorial Day, but Gary & Nell's 40th anniversary at Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City, KS. We had a GREAT time and all enjoyed the water park. Though the weather was beautiful outside, I believe most of us stayed inside in the 83 or 84-degree temps and incredible noise. You know how a fast moving river or a waterfall can be very loud? Or, have you ever been to a party for someone at Chuck E. Cheese? I'd liken the experience at Great Wolf, at least indoors, to being at a 3-day Chuck E. Cheese party with water. We had to pretty much shout to each other inside just to hear each other. :)
The rides were a lot of fun and Zac really enjoyed the kiddie pool area and all the water features. This picture of him with the water coming out of the pipes is something he spent a lot of time around. A picture I didn't include is the "after" picture of when he was hit full-on with this water. It had quite a bit of pressure!
He also did enjoy some time with the Baker girls, Lucie and Elisabeth, in the lazy river area, even though it doesn't look like it in this pic. :) They were wonderful babysitters for all the two-year-olds and Jamie, affording the adults a few hours of time in the park alone here and there. They also watched the kids for us as we went out to a special dinner at Plaza III Steakhouse on the Missouri side in Country Club Plaza. Nice restaurant, very good service and food. We enjoyed ourselves quite a bit!
Sunday night we all went to the T-Rex Cafe. Now, as far as theme restaurants go, this certainly has the eye appeal. Katy and I were able to get a few pics with Zac outside the restaurant, but admittedly he wasn't super excited at this point and was pretty cranky. The food was good. Service? Well, not the best I've seen, to be sure. :) Zac did come away with a new stuffed animal, a little T-Rex, which he loves already. It's no pig, but it's become pretty important to him quickly.
Well, I've learned that irregular posting on the blog leads to very few comments, so I'll try to be a little more regular moving forward for everyone. :) Today's entry is focused on Zac's propensity to sleep in odd places, in odd positions.
I realize everyone does this, but how many parents then POST the pictures of their children and then write about them? I am up to that task. Picture number one was before we got Zac his new bed. We still keep his crib mattress next to it for all the times he falls out, but this was typical prior to getting his new bed.
Picture number two is yet another example of him sleeping in oddball positions. We're unsure how he makes this comfortable, but somehow it works.
The rest of these are all similar in concept because of the sheer oddity of the positions he falls asleep in.
The last picture is how he falls asleep almost every night, by his gate, in view of us in the living room. :)
