Did I mention they had a video arcade too? I was surprised that Lucas mad it until that night to ask to go. I was not surprised that his first choice was a game with a big gun (sigh).

ALL business.

Dinner that night was pizza that we picked up in the lobby. Here are the turkeys talking about how much fun they had that day!

And snuggling into their boy cave...

Here are some more shots to document how much fun they had together on the first day of their very first mommy and son trip!!!

For breakfast we filled our bellies with sugar from the doughnut store downstairs... in our pj's.

And then, day #2! In case you can't see them, I labeled this picture. Wave pool.

Ty's first time down this slide. It took him an hour or so to warm up, but then he was all about the water slides.

Jenn took the boys up on this one while I took pictures...

Ty was a pro after a few times...

Lucas was ALL ABOUT this Lotsa Water Dump Zone. Similar to the outside section, a signal would sound every 15 min that would let the kids know that 1,000 gallons of water were about to be dumped from the giant bucket. The kids would gather there and wait like little monkeys for it to fall on their heads. See Ty and Lucas? Lucas has on the blue shirt.

The bucket starting to dump...

SPLASH!!!

Lunch in the room. Lucas making is silly face.

This was the baby-ish section, but they spent several 30 min intervals here. Which was nice for Jenn and me because we could sit and talk (with or without a beer) : )

And finally, Galaxy Quest. I knew it would happen. I thought that this was a game with a separate room that you go into to play, but no. It was part of every.single.hallway. And it seemed that every.single.kid had one of these wands. So we made our way to get a wand (and pay to get it activated). Lucas had to pick a Magi name and chose Magi Hans Solo. And then we spent the next two hours going on sort of a scavenger hunt finding clues. It was pretty cool, I must say. He would point his wand at objects and they would open, talk, sing, etc. We completed 2 our the 9 missions, so we have more to look forward to when we return next time.

Ty thought it was cool, but wasn't that into it, so he and Jenn spent some time in the arcade while we went on our hunts.

Cute little turkeys! Risking Kindergarteners... sniff, sniff.

We ate dinner our second night overlooking the water park.

And then we went on some more magic quests...

This was our room and our hallway : )

It was a GREAT trip for Jenn and me with the boys! We can't wait for the next one!!!

Getting in school mode...

Lucas starts Kindergarten in early September. He actually has to go one day in late August. He'll need to be at school between 8-8:30 and Ellen to preschool by 9:00. Since they both slept until 8:00 this morning, we have some schedule work to do over the next month!

The past two weeks they went to camp 6 days. It was nice to be into a routine again... get everyone up by a certain time, eat breakfast, get dressed, brush hair, brush teeth, shoes on, bags packed, seatbelts on. It's exhausting just typing it!

To get Lucas excited, we ordered book bags this week. It was so fun to check the mail each day to see if they had arrived. When they did, Lucas did a dance around the house. They both love their new bags!

Oh, Ellen had to have blue. Not pink. Blue is her favorite color.

Problem Solver

Ellen is turning into a little problem solver, which I find amazing. Here are three examples that I can think of:

1) We were sitting down to eat dinner and Ellen did something (can't remember what) that warranted a time-out. She was refusing to go to time-out, so we put her bunny in time-out instead. T.O. for bunny and toys is on top of the fridge. Instead of whining or throwing a fit she said, more to herself than us, "I will get that bunny myself..."

She then proceeded to push their red kid table from one side of the kitchen to the other. Then she got one of the chair and put it on top of the table. Then, of course, she climbed on top of both of them to reach the top of the fridge!

2) At the park with Kelly and Lincoln on Sunday I turned around to see her standing in her undies. She was actually pulling her skirt back on. When I asked her what she was doing she said, "I had to go peepee, so I went in the grass."

And my favorite...

3) The kids had leftover pizza for lunch yesterday. As usual, I warmed it up for them and told them to blow on it and let it cool off for a minute. After a minute or so Lucas called me over and asked me to help him blow on his because it was still too hot. I helped him blow on it and then realized that Ellen was chowing down on her piece. I told Lucas that if Ellen was eating it then it couldn't still be too hot. Lucas then told me that Ellen's wasn't hot anymore because she poured ice water on it!

Sunday Morning Coffee Shop and Park

Kelly and I love meeting on the street between our houses and walking to the local coffee shop with the kids on Sunday morning. This place seems to tolerate kids pretty well... they even have a little section of books and puzzles for them. We can usually "relax" for about 20 minutes before I feel like we need to take our energy to the park.

Lucas loves his buddy, Lincoln. They met when Lucas has just turned 2yrs old and Lincoln was about a yr and a 1/2.

And check out this chunky monkey! Lincoln's little brother, Oscar, is about a year and a half now... so cute!

Something about this expression that I love...