It was a bit of a wrangle figuring things out as both my wife and I said that I needed to be there. When my kids are playing in the water I like to be on deck watching. KC tends to over-estimate his abilities and under-estimate his fatigue factor. This was hard for my friends to understand. They love my kids and they are great with them. But they are not and have never been parents so they don't always see from the same perspective. Finally Greg decided that since he had to go to work, that I would use his bracelet for access and then I could watch the kids in the water park. This also turned out to be very important as Wendy's knee is giving her troubles and she was not physically able to be watching the kids in that way.
The water park is immense and extremely fun. However, as predicted, KC did not notice when he was getting over taxed and cold and had to be hauled out of the water and made to eat. His favorite thing was the lazy river and the water basketball. Lissa went down the slides but needed me to help her carry the raft up that they use. Seriously the raft was taller than she is and she is not a short child. And it had to go up 4 flights of wet stairs. She could not safely carry that raft because then she could not see the steps. Then she came down the slide but got caught in a current and could not get her raft to the side of the pool to get out. I was not worried for her as I could tell she was safe, BUT the lifeguard did not notice that she was unable to get to the side. I pointed it out and when he saw I was going to go get her, he pulled her out. That was enough for my friends to understand what I meant. The establishment is amazing and I can't say enough about what they offer and the way the staff treat the guests. But you need to be on point for your kids at a certain level too.
In addition to swimming, we did the arcade--a huge bonus for the kids as I had said we were only doing things that did not cost $$ But loving godparents had put money on a card and the littles went to town. While I am not an arcade person, I loved watching them. They worked together to maximize the tickets that they could earn so that they could claim prizes they both liked. And there was not a speck of arguing or disagreement over it.
Then there was this high tech scavenger hunt thing with a magic wand and a "quest." Which caused us to walk about 50 miles of hallways looking for the correct potion to heal pixies and such. We did about 3 of the 6 quests but it was something they loved. Plus they get to bring the wand home.
When we got home we put away the harvest decorations and got out the ahem, 12 boxes of Yule decorations. Now that sounds like a lot, but it really isn't. 1 box is my work decorations. 3 boxes are the outside ones. So that leaves only 8 boxes. OK so maybe it is a lot. I am a bit decoration obcessed. This is the house that changes their kitchen curtains to Christmas ones. And their dishes. Many of the boxes are now unpacked and the house is beginning to have that holiday feel.
Tomorrow is a relatively laid back day. There is no dance because of the holiday weekend, so we can shop and do our errands a bit later in the morning. My wife is taking a well deserved run away day to recoup after all the socializing of Thanksgiving. I love crowds and chatter and for her it is exhausting and she needs to re-charge afterwards.
Sunday is church and the decorating of our living room tree (the kids have all ready done all their little bedroom trees!)
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