Birthday weekend Day two and three.......delayed due to technical difficulties!

We had a bit of a break with computer difficulties but we seem to be back in business so on with the story. When we last left you, I was awaiting permission from my sweet friend Krescene to post our pictures from the reunion so I also had to sneak in a "that was then" picture. We had not seen each other since this night ....project graduation event, graduation eve 1985....yikes!

Krescene is in the middle and I have the lovely Hawaiian shirt on....with pale Pink shorts? have mercy!

24 years later......we both admit a few more pounds and a tad more wrinkles....but she still has the same exact laugh and bubbly personality and it felt like no time had past at all.


We arrived at the GWL (great wolf lodge) Saturday afternoon after a trip to Jungle Jim's international food store....grabbed 3 big bottles of Kazakhstan-like sour cherry juice...yum!
We were able to check into our room early and as I said before opted for a calming Nap time before the extravaganza.


This is slightly out of sequence but this is a picture of evening story time. Kids wear their pajamas and they have disney like animatronics that sing and tell stories. Cute but Nick wanted to go swimming some more....so we did! ;)


The orange slides to the right were the highest kid ones and Nick went down them many, many times. It was so hard to capture great pics because it was so wet and mommy was actually participating so who would snap the shot while hurling down the tube? He wanted to go down backwards, on his tummy, frontwards, spinning.....the lifeguards thought he was pretty funny.


This was the younger kids pool.....we only stepped foot in there two or three times...not fast enough for our boy! :)


Daddy holding onto the wild boy as it was hard to catch a picture as he rushed by.....

Our attempt at a self family portrait....hilarious.....Pat will need to sit next time...we could not get us all in.

I loved this big ol bear and the little Kaz bear is cute too. He has on his new swim attire from Gma and Ata Kitzman.....so handsome and swim vogue.

He called this water feature the rainstorm and wanted to go in it over and over again!

He love, loved the wave pool and would charge at them screaming. :)

He had fun hopping across the lillypads and did hold onto the rope some but this time wanted to leap!

The Roller coaster was closed for most of our visit but he was not tall enough and daddy said it was quite intense. We did the big multi people raft from the top down and it was fast and furious. He squealed the whole time, so awesome although I squealed the whole time too because it always looked like he was getting ready to fly out of the raft.....There was one additional big kid one that he could have gone on but after daddy tried it out we decided that we weren't sure if he had the whole....hold onto the handles tight thing down...so we opted for next time around when he is one year more mature......

Two exhausted boys in front of the big lodge fireplace on our way out the door. It was a fun family weekend. He got a bit overstimulated but we were able to keep meltdowns at bay with some evasive actions and he did great. He has been telling everyone....lifeguards, elevator passengers, passers by, etc. that he is 5. It is so fun that he is enjoying the birthday thing this year.

He wasn't completely asleep in this pic but it was so funny how he travels.....old hand now. He has his travel blanket that keeps him warm, his hat, and good memories. Life is Good!

We got home and he immediately wanted to open all his toys. This was a neat helicopter from his Kaz buddy Max. He was so into the instructions. We are just having a little trouble keeping the helicopter together. Apparently helicopters should fly into the wall frequently?

He got many great gifts! Thanks to all the friends and family who sent their HB wishes. We had a great time and can't wait to do King's Island this year! Happy Birthday our big 5 year old!