Thursday, April 19, 2012








Part of the Dells deal was free tickets to the Kalahari Indoor Theme Park.  The kids had a lot of fun on the rides.  Julia wasn't scared at all.  Matt didn't want to go on the Ferris Wheel so mommy and Julia had a little bonding time.  She met some very nice teenage girls while we were stuck at the top waiting for the other cars to unload.  Sarah was pretty tired...she slept most of the time while we were there.  That's okay, I'm sure we will go back when she is bigger and can ride some rides too.


Check out the size of these animals!






The deer park was open so we had to stop in.  The kids thought it was pretty cool that the deer came right up to you and ate out of your hand.  I think we were there before they had breakfast because they seemed pretty hungry.






The kids had so much fun at the pool.  Who needs the big waterparks...two slides and a pool were perfect entertainment for them.  Matt loved using his flippers and diving mask.  Julia had no fear of the slides or swimming without her life jacket.  Although, we had to cut her off from pool time when she threw up. 





One of our rituals on vacation is to have pizza on the beds.  We forgot to bring some bowls, but Julia figured out the single cup coffee maker works just like a bowl.  We weren't sure if it was all of the activity or the stomach bug that the girls had, but all of the kids were asleep by 9:30pm on Sunday night.  Even the dogs were exhausted by then.




We promised Matt we would go to the big candy store when we got to Wisconsin Dells.  We were disappointed that the cool two-story candy store isn't there anymore, but the kids didn't mind.  They were all out of the huge gummy snakes that Matt wanted, but it didn't take him long to find something else that would be just as good.  They each had to play the cool gumball machine...guess where Julia's gumball is?

What a cute pic of daddy and his baby girl!





The kids had a lot of fun decorating their Easter cupcakes.  You could hardly see the frosting on them because they added so much sugar.  The final products were beautiful!



Julia had a ton of fun with Tom.  Poor guy...she wouldn't give him a break.





To end the day, we had dinner and more Easter fun at grandma and Tom's house.  Thanks grandma and Tom for all of the Easter treats.  Next year, you will have to find a different spot for the golden egg because Matt is getting smarter!

Then it was off to auntie Lisa's house for another Easter Egg Hunt.

Thank you grandma and grandpa for our Easter cards and the treats inside.





Happy Easter!  First we had to start the day by finding the baskets and eggs that the bunny hid.  Those darn squirrels stole two of the eggs from the backyard...at least they got a little Easter treat too!