Spring break fun!

At the start of spring break this year we stayed at Great Wolf Lodge near Charlotte.  It's only a couple hours away, so we left on Friday afternoon, and after checking out the lodge and our room, we enjoyed the water for a while before dinner.  Basically, you can go to this place and not have to leave for anything - beds, food and most important, entertainment!  It sports an enormous, INDOOR water park, giant wave pool included.

We did decide to leave and find dinner elsewhere.  We ended up at a restaurant right down the street from the NASCAR racetrack, one of it's kind adorned with everything racecar.  The onion ring, mozzarella stick, fried pickle appetizer was amazing!

Our night's sleep was a little rough - a very late bedtime and 5 people in the same space isn't a good combination for a very relaxing night.  In the morning after donuts from the Duncan's downstairs, we spent most of the next day playing in the water.

Here is a view of the huge tower of playthings adorned with the bucket on tope that constantly fills up with water and dumps...

like this!

I think it's safe to say that all three kids enjoyed the wave pool most of all.  They were all so brave and went on the water slides too.  Caleb was tall enough to try all of them - and he did!  He even went on the most terrifying slide twice - once with me and once with dad!