Pearly Whites

For some reason, when the boys were brushing their teeth last night, it struck me as a moment I would want to remember.  So I had to run and grab my camera.  On a related note, all 4 of Dallas' 2 year molars came in last month, so we're officially done with teething.

Last night was Dallas' first night to sleep in his crib without the side on it, like a big boy.  He did great!  He stayed in bed all night after Justin tucked him in.  I can't believe he's old enough for this!

Brothers

Ty and Dallas would rather watch a dragon movie than the Super Bowl...for now, anyway.

Entertrainment Junction

After we left Great Wolf Lodge we met up with Collin's family for an afternoon of trains. 

 This place had a HUGE display of model trains.  Justin was as fascinated as the boys.  I told Justin he should open up a place like this when he retires.  He'd have a blast getting to play with trains all day!

 We even got to ride on Thomas.

They had a funhouse with different things like a hall of mirrors, journey through a black hole, tilted room, etc.  I didn't get to see much of it because Dallas had missed his nap and about this time it became VERY apparent.  So everybody else enjoyed the funhouse and I paced back and forth with a crying toddler.  But we still had a great time.

HOOOOWWWWL!

Our Winter Family Getaway to Great Wolf Lodge

2/2/12 to 2/4/12

WOW!  What a great time this was!  The boys had such a blast playing in the wave pool, running around the sprinkler treehouse and going on the waterslides.  Yep, even Dallas went on the big waterslides.  More on that in a bit....

Here we are enjoying a liesurely horsey ride in the arcade...

Then Dallas the bus driver picked us up for a drive around town while we waited for the waterpark to open...

As soon as the waterpark openened, we hit the wave pool

Dallas had a lot of fun going around talking to girls and saying, "My name Dallas."  (Ugh...I'm gonna have my work cut out for me in another decade.)

Of course, every so often, you've gotta pause for a snack

Then it's back to playing

I would say that the boys' favorite part of the waterpark was the wavepool.  At first they were a little skeptical of it (Ty especially) but after he got used to it, Ty was riding the waves all by himself on his tube.  They also had a treehouse with lots of different water toys and sprinklers on it that they liked running through.  There were a few smaller waterslides for kids that they both went down, but their favorite was the big family waterslide that we could all go on together.  It was pretty fast and I was a little worried it might be too much for them (especially Dallas), but they LOVED it!  We rode that probably half a dozen times (which was a big advantage to going on weekdays...short lines).  I wish I could've taken a picture of Dallas's face when we went down it the first time.  He had the most shocked look on his face, but you could still tell he was having a ball.  I couldn't stop laughing the whole way down the slide. 

 

In the lobby they had this show where these trees and moose and Indian girl did a little skit and sang a few songs.  Then someone came out with "Wiley" (the wolf) and read all the kids a bedtime story.  The boys liked it.  Dallas was really intrigued by the moose, and every time we walked by him he'd say he wanted the moose to sing.  I kept having to tell him the moose was asleep.

Lawnmower Sledding

 Here's how Daddy keeps the boys entertained when Mommy needs time to concentrate on tax paperwork (yuck).