We took our first family vacation the first week of June. We drove to Wisconsin Dells for a few days after staying the night at Derek's brother's lake house. The boys napped the whole way to the Dells so when we arrived they were ready to explore! We got into town before check in time at the hotel so we headed to the "downtown" area. They had a nice riverwalk where the boys could safely run off some energy.
Mom of course needed a picture of the boys... they agreed to both look at the camera but we couldn't get them to smile!
Then we heard/saw a train... "choo choo"!
Pictures are done, now let's run!
Finally we were able to check in. We had a great condo with a kitchen, family room, and 2 bedrooms! Unfortunately the "kids room" had a huge bunk bed and we had to squeeze the 2 pack and plays in the room. There was JUST enough room to open the door.
Camden and Donovan LOVE water. However... they do not love water parks. They were not fans of the dumpy, crashy water that all the pool areas had. By the end of our stay we learned which pools we could convince the boys to enjoy without them clinging to our legs.
This was the view out our balcony. I forgot our wristband passes so when I came up to the room to grab them, I found a great photo spot! (That's Derek and the boys in the lower right side of the pic)
Camden enjoyed this butterfly slide over and over. Donovan tried it once or twice.
The boys favorite was to go in these bouncy seats. They could jump around or we could pull them by their feet and they would swing back into the water.
Look! We got them to go down this big splashy slide with us! This was Mommy and Camden.
And Donovan with Daddy.
Hangin' in the pool. This had an infinity side that overlooked the lake. The boys loved this because they saw lots of boats.
On our last day we took a Dells Ducks boat tour. This boat on wheels when through the woods, into the lake and back through the woods.
It really was a fun ride, despite this sleeping guy
Derek and I said several times how different the Dells is now that we have kids. After vacationing here several times without kids, we did less, ate out less (twin toddlers in restaurants isn't that fun) but we had fun with our kids!
I think if you asked the boys what they liked- they would say the bus (shuttle bus we took around the resort property) and the boat (the water taxi we took, once). Ha ha!
Mom of course needed a picture of the boys... they agreed to both look at the camera but we couldn't get them to smile!
Then we heard/saw a train... "choo choo"!
Pictures are done, now let's run!
Finally we were able to check in. We had a great condo with a kitchen, family room, and 2 bedrooms! Unfortunately the "kids room" had a huge bunk bed and we had to squeeze the 2 pack and plays in the room. There was JUST enough room to open the door.
Camden and Donovan LOVE water. However... they do not love water parks. They were not fans of the dumpy, crashy water that all the pool areas had. By the end of our stay we learned which pools we could convince the boys to enjoy without them clinging to our legs.
This was the view out our balcony. I forgot our wristband passes so when I came up to the room to grab them, I found a great photo spot! (That's Derek and the boys in the lower right side of the pic)
Camden enjoyed this butterfly slide over and over. Donovan tried it once or twice.
The boys favorite was to go in these bouncy seats. They could jump around or we could pull them by their feet and they would swing back into the water.
Look! We got them to go down this big splashy slide with us! This was Mommy and Camden.
And Donovan with Daddy.
Hangin' in the pool. This had an infinity side that overlooked the lake. The boys loved this because they saw lots of boats.
On our last day we took a Dells Ducks boat tour. This boat on wheels when through the woods, into the lake and back through the woods.
It really was a fun ride, despite this sleeping guy
Derek and I said several times how different the Dells is now that we have kids. After vacationing here several times without kids, we did less, ate out less (twin toddlers in restaurants isn't that fun) but we had fun with our kids!
I think if you asked the boys what they liked- they would say the bus (shuttle bus we took around the resort property) and the boat (the water taxi we took, once). Ha ha!
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