Matt and I came up with the brilliant idea to take Madi back to Great Wolf Lodge now that she's a little older.
We picked the week before her 9th birthday since she had Columbus Day off from school.
We brought Tucker along for the ride!
We headed to the airport bright and early for a 6:40am flight.
Tucker's never flown before so it was cute hearing Madi tell him all about security, the airport and getting on the plane.
They found our gate for us!
Getting excited!
Oh, we were there too!
Of course, we had to let Tucker sit next to the window.
Ordering juice was pretty fun too. They both read for most of the flight.
Navigating the airport . . .
We LOVE Dallas Love!
Riding the rental car bus to pick up our car!
They liked that our car was a small SUV.
Driving to the Ft. Worth Zoo!
But we made a pit stop for some donuts!
Ready to see some animals!
Tuck was our tour guide.
He read the map and told us where to go next.
Elephants
Giraffes
And the biggest fish we've ever seen!
Random photo op!
Flamingos
After seeing tigers, bears, lions, sharks and more we were hungry so we headed to Pappasito's for lunch out on their patio.
Oh, yeah we were there too. :)
Then we drove to Great Wolf Lodge!
We checked in and they both got their wolf ears. Madi got birthday ears too since we're here to celebrate her 9th birthday!
And off the water park we went!
Wave pool
More slides than we can count.
Lazy river
And more!
I think this means they are having too much fun to stop and pose for a picture.
The one thing I love most about Great Wolf is that these wrist bands are our room keys and we can buy and order food with them. So we literally walk down with nothing to go to the water park.
We got hungry so we took a little break . . .
And headed to a yummy dinner.
Oh yeah, wet and tired but we were there too. :)
They had a fun event where we went all over the lodge to trick or treat that night.
They loved the paw print!
We rode more rides then hopped in the shower and got our pajamas on just in time for story hour.
These two are ready . . . wolf ears and all!
The story was a cute Halloween book and was a great way to wind down after a fun-filled day.
But we are crazy and jumped in the car (pajamas and all) after it was over and went on an ice cream run to Braum's!
Up early ready for breakfast!
We have to keep up our strength for some more rides!
Stopped for another photo op on the way to the water park.
My view while they rode ride after ride after ride . . .
Then it was sadly time to take the rental car back and ride the bus (standing up!) to the airport.
Getting ready to board . . .
Eating Chick-fila on the plane . . .
And heading home for another week with an almost 9 year old!
I was supposed to travel straight from Dallas to St. Augustine, FL but due to the hurricane it was cancelled. So I'm thankful for getting to spend this week with my family!
