It never stops and now I am about 3 months behind in getting pictures uploaded! My evening picture upload/blog time has taken second fiddle to working out, so my apologies.
Two weekends ago we took a quick trip to the Nickelodeon Suites hotel (http://www.nickhotel.com/). It wasn't the most luxurious digs in the world (or the roomiest considering it was a "suite") BUT it was a great place for families. There were two separate pool areas, and both had a separate little kids area and some great water slides. The bigger "Oasis" pool had five or six slides and what was nice was they didn't empty into a big pool. It was a separate structure and the slides ended in little water troughs so non swimmers like Gavin had no problem. In the smaller "lagoon" pool the slides did end in the pool, but he had to wear a life jacket (wasn't tall enough to ride without it). Of course he needed it anyway, but he wore that and we would stand just outside the ropes at the end of the slide and when he came down go in a grab him.
By the end of the trip he was having a great time in the life jacket working on his swimming skills. Sam also loved the water although he wasn't a fan of life jackets. There were plenty of fun kiddie areas to keep him entertained, which was good b/c when he was in the main pool with us he had no fear. He thought he could just get on his belly and take off swimming.
The weather was great except for rain on Sunday and the pools were closed the better part of the day. Gavin and Chad ended up going to the arcade and checking out all the movies in the 4D movie theater. Think 3D with movie seats and confetti thrown at you and water squirting you in the face. Fun right? The cost of the theater was really reasonable, $12 for an unlimited pass and the features were about a half hour long each, so good for a kids attention span.
While they were seeing shows, Sam and I were stuck in our tiny suite - without the pools there wasn't much there for little guys to do. He was messing with my phone and stumbled upon the "smooth latin" ring tone and started dancing all over the room. And just like that a dance party to my cell ring tones errupted. It was so much fun!
The last morning we were there, we went to the character buffet breakfast, and the kids got to see Sponge Bob, Dora, Blue, Little Bill, and Aang, the Airbender. Gavin was skeptical and asked a lot of questions about how real they were. He's at that age where I think he wants to believe they are the real deal but knows better. Sam didn't know what to think. He has a phobia of some stuffed animals, but he handled these guys pretty well. Oddly enough, he liked Aang the best!
What else? The kids didn't sleep on either flight, but they did really well. Gavin got "slimed" in a mass sliming by the pool. We wore soggy suits b/c the ventilation was really poor in the room and they never dried. Food prices at the resort were a lot more reasonable than I thought. And unless you are planning on renting a car, two and a half days in plenty long for a trip there. Pictures to come. Hopefully before our next (as yet unplanned) vacation.
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