Reese's Birthday and Lunch with Dad

This year was a family trip year for Reese's birthday.  Up to this point she has followed Callie's lead, and that meant we headed up to Great Wolf Lodge outside of Cincinnati. And since we have already seen the fall decor the girls were excited to see how the Lodge would do Christmas. The answer to that is no surprise - over the top.

Reese was excited to get her birthday wolf ears and couldn't wait to hit the pools and water slides.  We all knew the landscape so we already had plans for what we wanted to hit first and how much fun we were going to have.

Reese loved the wave pool...and we loved the fact that three years after our last visit both girls were now great swimmers and comfortable with all that the Lodge had to offer. Unlike last time we didn't take any breaks to play games or go trick or treating. We had slides to ride!

John's favorite activity was the lazy river, which is just the right speed to get away from the overall craziness for a minute or two.  And the whole family had fun chasing each other to try and force someone to get hit by the water traps that pop up along the way.

Clearly we spent a lot of time in the lazy river.  One of the other nice things about it is you don't have to wait in line to use it, which is John's sweet spot.

We did take the time to check out the glow in the dark miniature golf course.  We took multiple pictures, but honestly all you could really see was Reese's neon shirt so we decided not to share any of those with you. We also learned that none of us are headed to the PGA or LPGA tours any time soon.

We end with a classic picture from the weekend. It was another successful and fun-filled birthday trip.  So Happy 8th Birthday, Reese!  This has become a great tradition and the girls look forward to it every year. We can't wait for what the future brings for birthday trips.

Since Reese's actual birthday fell on a school day, John decided it would be fun to pop in and have lunch with the birthday girl.  She was excited to have her Dad there, but also somewhat embarrassed by the attention. The most entertaining aspect for John was listening to all of the table conversations.  Second graders have a lot going on, that's for sure.