Great Wolf Lodge!

Sue's Mom took us to the Great Wolf Lodge for an early Christmas present!

We did a lot of fun things, including some fireside time.

I blogged the following photos in no particular order...enjoy!

Last Quest

Finding the clues

Stealing the treasure

Defeating the dragon!

Did I mention...

That MagiQuest requires numberous ascents and decents of the "Secret Stairwell?"

Nice stairmaster workout. We probably logged between 4-5 hours MagiQuesting

More Magiquest

Checking their Status

Finishing a quest

Posing bravely with their wands

Posing thankfuly for Grandma's wand-purchasing generosity.

GWL Christmas Tree

Sue posing by the tiny Great Wolf Lodge Christmas Tree. We actually watched them put the top on the tree using a Cherry Picker when we arrived.

MagiQuest

Josie reads the future and sees magic, wands, and a fancy electronic scavenger hunt in the future.

Prior to giving us directions, the Mad Hatter zaps Grandma.

To the trees for a new Quest!

After many quests, time for bed. More quests tomorrow!

Josie the Mosquito and Angry Ryley Straws

Just waiting for supper

Great Wolf Lodge Waterpark

The waterpark was awesome

but the pics were not turning out too well

So you'll have to imagine how much fun we had.

Hotel Beds!

1..2..3..

JUMP!

Elevator Fun

Christmas with Grandma!

This year for our Christmas gift, Grandma took us to the Great Wolf Lodge!

What is the GWL you ask?

We're off to see the wizard...

Conversation that took place during the kids first viewing of the Wizard of Oz...

Josie - I think the lion is wearing a mask!
Ryley - Yeah...he is...they're all wearing masks.
Josie - But the scarecrow is full of straw, how is he walking around?
Ryley - Computerized special effects.

Veterans Day BINGO

This Veteran's Day evening, Scoutmaster Doug and the Bear Scouts went to the Soldier's Home in Orting to help run the weekly Bingo game. The boys helped the residents mark their Bingo cards, hand out prizes from the prize carts and read off Bingos to make them official and make sure no one was cheating. They also served a snack of homemade cupcakes and cookies. It was a lot of fun and the boys were really well behaved and respectful.

At one point, I saw Ryley (pictured here on the far left) getting ice water for a few of the residents.

Overall it was a great experience. I (Doug) talked with a resident (also named Doug) who was in Vietnam. He had a brain stem injury, and as a result couldn't formulate his thoughts into words very well. He summed up Vietnam as "a big waste of time."

Josie's first school picture!