Week 30 at Home: Mini Vacay!

We kicked off the week with a fun overnight trip to the Great Wolf Lodge. Not the one in the Wisconsin Dells (been there, done that) but the one in Bloomington...just a 20 minute drive from our house. This was our only vacation so far this year (and will probably be the only place we go for an overnight), so we made a point of saying YES to the kids. You want a fancy drink with dinner? Sure! You want to play in the arcade? You bet! (But that led to a conversation about claw machines and how they don't really count as games...and how you can't win tickets to redeem on them...that was a painful lesson for G to learn.) You want to do some mining? Why not?? Magic Quest? OKAY! Mini-bowling? Okee dokee! Anyway...you get my drift...we said yes to several other things, as well, and it was fun. It's been a rough year so far and we wanted to give the kids a break from all of the NOs they have been hearing.

Hanging out before heading to the water park

Fancy drink - yum!

Mining for pretty rocks

Starting up Magic Quest...

Mini-bowling...super fun!!

Snuggling with his new Wiley Build-a-Bear...and we even picked up pjs for the wolf...another example of continuing to say YES...

G also lost his fourth tooth earlier this week. He had been wiggling it forever and it finally popped out. We don't see any signs of either of the top teeth coming down, so he might be toothless for a while. Ha!

G and I went on a super long walk on Saturday afternoon. The weather was lovely, and the trees were hitting their peak colors. I think we walked for almost two hours, and we only took one 15 minute break so he could play at a park. He didn't complain much until we were back in the neighborhood...and then he was DONE. But, I got some great pics of the colors, and he certainly was able to burn off some energy today. He also had a new friend stop over today to give him an invite to a birthday party...it's so fun, they have the same birthday, are in the same class at school, and they seem to get along really well! We also have a playdate scheduled with the girl across the street next Wednesday, so that'll be a wonderful way to get out some energy midday/midweek.

Ava, G, and I made another one of the recipes from the October "Frightful Fiesta" kit. It's a super yummy cheesy corn dip with tortilla chips that we toasted in the oven. So good!

We also picked up some more Halloween decor and so now we have a spooky skeleton-thing hanging from our tree and the color-changing lights are ready to go outside. We're feeling festive this year and it's fun!

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