After all of the amazing fishing and ranching we did, it was time to pack up and head to Schlitterbahn! I think it's safe to say that all of the little girls had worked up this trip in their minds and were SO excited to see exactly what this magical water park was all about.
I, in a moment of parenting weakness, bribed my children with Peanut M&Ms if they would take a nap in the car. I totally did. BECAUSE I know they'd have so much more fun if they weren't exhausted when we got there! And it totally worked - winning!
When we got there, we unloaded, grabbed swim suits and sunscreen and hit the water! Well, first I had to "find" Emma who was trying to hide from me .... :)
But once we were all ready the girls were truly ready to go!
That's a lucky Papa to be sandwiched between so many adorable blonde pigtails ;) Of course, those ladies are lucky ladies indeed to get to hold hands with their awesome Papa.
We went to Surfenburg first because last year Clara & Emma could not get enough of the Kiddie Coast play area. And sure enough, the first thing Emma did was basically run up the steps of the Octopus ("Opatus") to slide:
Even Molly was brave enough to climb up the Octopus! Although she did climb down again after thinking about it. These water slides were not Molly's thing this year. Emma is right behind her trying to figure out what Molly's doing.
There's something about splash pictures that just make me so happy :) Can you find Emma's wee toes?
Lulu was a baby whisperer when it came to Jessie
At the bottom of the pirate ship, YAAARRGGG!
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| Clara, Molly & Emma |
Clara being so silly
That first day Jessie liked sliding from Lulu to her Mommy!
Photographical evidence that Molly did go down one slide by herself and voluntarily!!
The picture doesn't do Molly's true terrified expression justice though - thank goodness her mommy was at the bottom of the slide to catch her!
What Molly DID really like (along with the other girls) was the alligator lazy river! (I don't know the official name). They had so much fun riding alligators around!!
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| Papa, Emma, Molly & Clara |
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| so much fun! |
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| There they go! |
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| Auntie M & Clara |
Bryan attempted to ride with Emma in a tube but she just kept crying "nooo Daddy!! MYSELF, swim MYSELF" until he put her back down into the water to float around, haha
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| Jessie and Papa |
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| Grady and his two little ladies |
Emma learned to like rides on everyone's shoulders this week!
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| Hitching a ride on Papa |
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| Papa and Grady providing some transportation assistance |
Lulu & Papa were nice enough to let the two oldest girls have a "sleep over" in their room. There was lots of giggling and sharing of books happening in there!!
That's the end of our first day in Schlitterbahn - more to come!
