We slept in until about 8 and took our time getting around. Evan had woken up in the wee hours of the morning with an earache and it took us all awhile to get back to sleep. Thankfully, Natalie slept right through the crying/wailing. We weren't sure whether or not he should go back to the water park so we took the opportunity to check out the place a little more and went to play in the Arcade.
There was one spin the wheel game like on Price is Right where you COULD win 1000 tickets. Well, of course no one actually lands on that.....right?! WRONG! We hadn't been in that place more than 20 or 30 minutes when two separate people hit the jackpot. That is when Brian decided it was time to play a little arcade himself. Four or five tries later and the biggest he hit was 25 tickets=(
After loitering around for a bit, we decided it was time for lunch so back to the room we went ( it was too expensive to eat in the lodge!). We soon decided Evan was fine and we could go to the park for a little bit.
After playing around a bit with the kiddos (and finally convincing Audrey to go somewhere besides the kiddie area!), Mimi and Poppi took the grandkids so Brian and I could ride all the slides. Unfortunately I didn't get any pics of those. I'm hoping mom and dad did. There was 5 of them. Two of them had a big drop and then shot you into a swirling tube that then spit you out in a smaller tube, and into the water hole to get out. Yes, I screamed like a 5 year old on those! Actually on one of them we rode with a 3rd grader and her dad, and I am near 100 percent certain that I screamed louder than she did. I did warn them that I would!!
That evening we were off to dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe.
The kids enjoyed the atmosphere with the sounds and animals, and the food was pretty good
Our waitress was not. My dad asked her a question about the free appetizer we were getting and she didn't hear him. Her response was the rudest most annoyed "What?!" I have ever heard from a server. My dad and I looked at each other wide eyed and made faces like "excuse us for asking a question." After my dad repeated his question she answered very shortly and with an attitude. I don't know what her deal was but I can assure you she didn't get much of a tip at all. She's lucky she got what she did!
Evan and Audrey couldn't tear themselves away from the crocodile. Evan got his own digital camera from Mimi and Poppi so he had to document EVERYTHING. He said his mommy wouldn't know what the place looked like if he didn't take a picture!
I got Audrey a shirt to match Natalie's so we had to document that. Audrey was trying to get Natalie to look at the camera! Too funny.
What a fun trip we had. Thanks Mimi and Poppi for the trip, and thanks to Josh and Ashley for giving up the kids for a bit.
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