Great Wolf Lodge

You know you had a victorious vacation, when you can hear your little guy snoring in the back seat the whole way home.

Karson had so much fun!

So did Mommy and Daddy!!

After all of our trips to the Aquatic Center in town, we were really worried he would cry the whole time.

We figured somethings out...

Karson hates to be cold!

Karson loves the water!

The pool area at Great Wolf was so warm!

The water, was so warm!

Karson played, and played, and played, and played, played!

Having so much fun splashing in the {warm} water!

 We tried so hard to get him to fall asleep in the water park on Wednesday.

 We even let him have his blanket in the Lazy River.

We took him back to the room.

Where he took a three hour nap!

Then headed back to the water park to play!

Every night, they had a Pajama Story Time in the Lobby.

 All the animals on the wall started singing, so Munchkin started dancing.

Then Wiley Wolf came out to read a bedtime story.

Thursday morning, we got up early and headed straight to the water park.

Wiley was still there, after turning on the water with the kids.

 Karson wasn't so sure about giving him a high five until Mommy suggested giving him a pound. 

Notice the Starbucks?  Water parks are exhausting for Mommies too!!!

Favorite part of Great Wolf?

WARM WATER!

We didn't find these fountains until Wednesday night.

Karson loved them!

They were so warm! 
 

 He went running to them every time we put him down!

 He loved sticking his head in them, and trying to sit on them!

The only thing I didn't like, was the no double riders rule.

Meaning we couldn't go down the little slides with Karson.

Which meant Karson couldn't go down the little slides.

Until Mommy and Daddy broke the rule, and put him on where we could reach him.

 he was smiling...even though he looks like he isn't.  ...and excuse the red eye until I figure out how to fix it.

He loved it!

Until he sat down when he got to the bottom and went all the way under.

Then he was done with the slide!

So I don't exactly win Mother of the Year award for this one...

Karson's favorite was the hot tub!

Before you panic, it was meant for kids, and was not that hot.

And we were really careful.

 Karson and Izzy

He would have spent the entire 3 days in the hot tub, if we let him.

Proof of a successful vacation....

Can you guess...

...where we have been?

He is cute...

...and he knows it!!

Butterflies

Last week we needed a break from packing.

We wanted to take Karson some where fun, and not think about moving.

A local Sculpture Park currently has a butterfly exhibit.

We thought Karson would like watching the butterflies.

There really weren't that many.

He wasn't super into it.

Really only, because he couldn't see them.

He had fun walking around, and flirting with old ladies.

And Mama got some priceless pictures!

He got his first pair of Jordans from Uncle Ricky and Aunt Melissa for his birthday

'Hey honey, don't let me forget to put maskara on before I get out of the car."

He let me forget.

How did my little baby get so big?

{nervous face}

Mommy, please come hold my hand.

An old lady walked by, and said hi to him.  This was his response.

Counter Surfing

Molly turned 2 yesterday.
While most dogs would be starting to calm down at age 2, mine is finding new ways to get herself into trouble.
Consequently, making me crazy!
I am beyond thankful to still have her, after all of her medical problems.
But the dog's on my list!
And not the good list.
She is on The List.

We used to brag about how we could leave food on a plate in one room, and walk into another without her so much as smelling it.
HA!
Jinxed ourselves.
Our little Molly has discovered Counter Surfing.
It started off Innocent in December.
She pulled a bowl of hamburger grease off the counter when we weren't home.
Then the next day, she at a dozen cookies off my table.
A few days later she ate a few raw chicken breasts at my parent's house.
She was addicted, I was annoyed.
It was back to making sure food was covered, and pushed to the back of the counters.
She was fine for a few weeks, didn't touch anything.
I left a plate of food on the counter, covered in saran wrap.
She ate it.
Not the saran wrap though, she figured out how to get it off.
The next day, she discovered my parent's trash can.
Huge mess!
And apparently she doesn't like mushrooms.
It was an annoying new stage, but we needed to retrain ourselves to puppy proof before we left the house.

The innocent counter surfing stopped after Karson's birthday.

 The picture I texted my husband...

When I came home to a shattered plate, that once held the left overs of Karson's Birthday cake.
She ate the cake, that had cocoa in the frosting.
I wasn't worried.
What I was worried about, was if she had eaten any tiny pieces of shattered plate in the process.
Called the vet.
Followed her instructions.
Locked Molly in the entryway for a few hours, because I was furious with her!
Caved, let her back in, still so so annoyed with her.

Three days later, she started throwing up tiny pieces of plate.
Fabulous.
So much for our streak of no vet visits.
She is fine, and we paid $140 for the vet to tell her to stop eating things that were not food.
If only she would listen....
I am pretty sure I am the only one with a dog that could figure out how to hurt themselves counter surfing.

Any ideas on stopping this new annoying habit?

Oh and to update this post

September 2010 

Vet visit free!

October 2010

Seen for her bad leg.

She had a notch of scar tissue we were worried about.

Plus it was cracking like crazy!

November 2010

 Vet visit free!

December 2010

Vet visit free!

January 2011

 Vet visit free!

February 2011

Vet visit free!

March 2011

Streak over

Darn counter surfing!!

Dancing to 'The Snack Rap'

Milk and cookies. 

Milk, milk, and cookies.

I said...

Milk and cookies. 

Milk, milk, and cookies.

Milk and cookies. 

Milk, milk, and cookies.

I said...

Milk and cookies. 

Milk, milk, and cookies.

 

Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have milk and cookies?

Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have milk and cookies?

Cheese and crackers.

Cheese, cheese, and crackers?

I said... 

Cheese and crackers.

Cheese, cheese, and crackers?

Cheese and crackers.

Cheese, cheese, and crackers?

I said... 

Cheese and crackers.

Cheese, cheese, and crackers?

 Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have cheese and crackers.

Mommy I'm so hungry.

 May I have cheese and crackers.

 Peach and apples.

Peach, peach, and apples

I said... 

Peach and apples.

Peach, peach, and apples.

Peach and apples.

Peach, peach, and apples

I said... 

Peach and apples.

Peach, peach, and apples.

 Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have peach and apples?

I said...

 Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have peach and apples?

Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have peach and apples?

I said...

 Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have peach and apples?

 Grapes and yogurt.

Grapes, grapes, and yogurt.

I said...

Grapes and yogurt.

Grapes, grapes, and yogurt.

 Grapes and yogurt.

Grapes, grapes, and yogurt.

I said...

Grapes and yogurt.

Grapes, grapes, and yogurt.

Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have grapes and yogurt? 

Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have grapes and yogurt?

 

Cake and ice cream.

 Cake, cake, and ice cream.

I said...

Cake and ice cream.

Cake, cake, and ice cream. 

Cake and ice cream.

 Cake, cake, and ice cream.

I said...

Cake and ice cream.

Cake, cake, and ice cream. 

Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have cake and ice cream?

Mommy I'm so hungry.

May I have cake and ice cream?

If only I could figure out how to get the music on here.

Seriously, the funniest baby rap!

Even funnier when my little guy is busing a move, in a room full of people!
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Welcome Spring!

While so much of the country is getting spring weather, here in MI, we get snow.

And more snow.

Until this week.

In between days of snow and rain, we had 1 sunny afternoon.

Karson didn't even have to have a coat on while the sun was out.

I got this Little Tykes house for Karson at a garage sale last summer.

He loved it!

He kept going in and out, and in and out.

 

I brought out his lawn mower he got for his birthday.

He pushed it up and down the driveway.

Sometimes he got it stuck in the snow bank, on the edge of the driveway.

He would just leave it there, for me to get for him.

When the sun went behind the cloud, the coat had to come back on.

I had put a blanket down for me to sit on, but the dogs quickly took it over.

Maggie

 Molly

She is not as innocent as she looks...believe me!

Karson discovered the rocks, and only tried a few times to put one in his mouth.

He loved putting them in a bucket, then dumping the bucket out.

If you noticed, these pictures are not in our front yard.  We moved out of our house much quicker than we had expected, and have bombed in on my parents until we find a house we like.  I am absolutely loving not living in the country!  I have a new love for city water, paved driveways, and being close to town.  I was even able to take Karson, Molly, & Maggie on a walk.  Something we couldn't do in the country.  The only draw back so far, is keeping Molly in the yard.  We had a huge font yard at our old house, and no one ever walked by.  Our back yard was fenced for her, but if we were with her in the front, she was never leashed.  We have some boundary training to do here!