Today was our last day of vacation!
The morning started off with some tickle monsters with Papa:
And then Papa stayed at the house to give a friend who lives in the area a call, while the rest of us piled on a tram to go swimming.
Luckily for the girls us the kid area was opened earlier than usual! wahoo!! so the kids were able to get into the water immediately to play.
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| big slide! |
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| big slides make big splashes! |
Then Lulu kept Emma while Bryan and I took Clara up to the "big" slides to ride the Wolfe Pack with her! She was so stoked!!
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| Watching the other riders go down |
She was so incredibly patient while waiting for our turn - I was really proud of her.
Then I attempted to get some photos with the water camera of her riding her first "water roller coaster" while we were on it... with limited success. That's hard to do!! Especially since my right hand was clutching Clara's hand on the strap.
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| She's cracking up at all the big swishes and splashes and zooms |
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| whoaaaaa!!! |
She loved it and immediately asked to go again. We told her next time :)
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| Awkward family photo at the bottom |
Getting wet at the bottom of the ride with Daddy:
While we took Clara up on the big slide, Lulu took super good care of Emma. (Thank you!!)
And Emma remembered how I did the clam ride with her the day before when it was just me. I would put her on the second to the top step while she climbed the rest of the way up and sat down and waited for me while I ran around to catch her. She knew to wait too!! Lulu said that Emma did the exact same thing for her on the shoe ride! Way to go Emma Lou!!
After a little more play time it was time to load up and head back to the house so we could check out by noon. The lack of protesting from the little ones leads me to believe that they were okay with a respite from fun :)
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| Helping us load up the car |
These girls were pooped and just wanted to be held and needed to be asleep in the car!
Side note: Clara held her pee and poop the entire ride home! whoa! way to go, Clara!
Unfortunately, we all needed to go to the bathroom when we got home and we realized we had been locked out of our house! oh no!!!
Luckily the window I sometimes open to hear the girls play outside while I make dinner was unlocked (not usually a good thing, and something I rarely forget to do, but it certainly worked out this time!!!)
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| Daddy letting us in |
Clara wore a pull up in the car so I honestly figured she had already gone, so I told her that Mommy and Daddy needed the downstairs bathrooms, but she could use the toddler potty or run upstairs if she needed to go, so she did! haha!
She actually couldn't bring herself to go in the little potty, luckily for Emma who climbed into it after Clara tried (phew), but Clara used the big kid potty immediately after me and peed and pooped! I'm so impressed she held it!!
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| Watching Clara go potty |
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| Deciding on a better view |
(The joys of siblings, haha)
Both kids were had a wonderful time on the trip, but were also excited to see all of their favorite things at home.
(Look at the way Emma picks up the stroller in the below picture!)
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| Getting help with putting Baby in the stroller |
I bet it's nice for them to feel like the mommy after being the kids all weekend long.
After lots of playing and a snack, we needed to go pick up Maverick!
It was pouring down rain so Clara wanted us to be super prepared with an umbrella and colors.
While I took Clara to get Maverick, Bryan took Emma to get the water camera pictures developed. Neither one of them made it the whole way without falling asleep. (Emma took a nap in the car on the way home from New Braunfels, but Clara didn't.)
As much fun as Maverick had, I think he was also happy to be headed home.
And the girls were ready for bed too.
We had a wonderful time!! I know we'll go back next year. These girls love to swim and splash!! (But I think I may take the next 24 hours at least to remain dry... we'll see :)
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