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great wolf lodge

erin

Feb 10, 2023 — 2 min read

The girls didn't have school Thursday and Friday, so when our friends asked if we wanted to spend a night at Great Wolf Lodge we figured why not. This is one of those places that every time we go we say we're never going again... but after a couple years we forget that we said that and we go back. This time I actually thought it wasn't bad. The girls are old enough that they can wander the water park with a couple of rules - #1 being they have to stay together. Plus Olivia is finally tall enough that she can do everything without me having to go with her.

That meant the adults could actually sit and relax.

Olivia has also become quite fearless. She would have never done this last year.

Apparently Emma is too old for these things...

Luckily she's not too old for water parks yet.

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