We went to the GWL in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati. This indoor water-park is larger than the one closer to us (as we found out after-the-fact). It had several water pools including a wave pool, toddler pool with slides, hot spring pool, and others. There were plenty of slides and the kids could go on all of them except for two. We arrived Friday night, and after briefly checking out the Bedtime story hour we headed right to the water. That night we tried out the family water slide that is a raft that holds up to 5 people. Our family, Jeremy and Annie joined us for the evening fun.
On Saturday morning, we went straight back to the water after breakfast. The kids enjoyed everything. Gabi was a little mermaid, swimming and sliding on anything and everything we took her on. Isa also loved the slides and water, but her favorite was the hot spring. Will had fun, but preferred the pools and lazy river to the slides. His favorite was a pool that had a net over it that the kids can hang on to in order to traverse the lily pads and stumps. One of the kids' favorite slides was the "potty slide". This was really called "Coyote Canyon" but was a slide that ended in a large bowl that you circled around in your tube and then got "flushed" out to the exit, just like a toilet!
On Sunday, we checked out and ended our day in the water again before the long drive home. This day we did some slides, but the majority of the time was spent racing around the lazy river! I will never forget the huge smiles on all the kids this afternoon.
In the evenings Jeremy and Tobin had a wonderful time catching up. The girls loved spending time with their cousins. Isa couldn't have been any happier spending the weekend with Annie. Gabi kept asking to see Millie whenever she wasn't around. Will loved swimming with the big boys and hanging out with Daddy and his Godfather. I loved all the smiles we got and watching the kids laugh and shout with amusement on the slides. Isa loved our weekend so much that she is already begging us that we need to return for her 6th birthday! We truly did have a wonderful weekend together!
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| This is the "hydro plunge" their fast water coaster. Heather and I tried it out the previous day and made sure Tobin and Jeremy got on it too! |
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| "hot pool" |
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| hard to believe that little Own is ONE! |
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| being crafty at the "cub club" area. |
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| couldn't resist this pic. Isa's smile after a wonderful weekend! |
a few videos from our weekend!
