The Zoo and Wisconsin Dells

Last Friday my friend Staci and I took the kids to the zoo. We had a fun time seeing the animals and going to the dolphin show and the stingray/shark exhibit that was here for the summer. It was Sarah's first time at the zoo and I think she liked it except for the dolphin show scared her a little bit (bummer hu Mindy!). I don't think she knew what to make of the dolphins jumping in and out of the water. It was pretty comical. I went to take some pictures and realized I left my memory card in the computer at home - so thanks Staci for sharing a few pictures!

Friday night my parents came and then Saturday we drove up to Wisconsin Dells - Waterpark Capital - for 4 1/2 days of fun. We stayed at the Chula Vista Resort. Of course the minute we pulled in Emilie and Ada "I want to go swimming - when can we go?" Over and over and over! So we of course took them swimming. We went to the indoor waterpark and after a few hours we could hardly get them to leave to eat dinner. And that's how it was pretty much the rest of the time. There were the 2 huge water parks - one indoor and one outdoor - with slides, pools and activity areas plus 4 other pools - a wave pool, hot springs, a kids lazy river and sport pool. I'm not sure who was having more fun the kids or grandpa ;-) Needless to say by the end of the trip we were all a bit waterlogged!

We did have one minor casualty. Sarah's right eye (again!) Jeff took her on one of the mini waterslides and he came off it a little fast (no fault of his own), lost his balance and they ended up going into the rope that was about 5 feet from the bottom of the slide face first and Sarah got a nice rope burn on the outside corner of her right eye (that would be the same eye I gave her a black eye on a few weeks back). It started getting infected so Sunday night we took her to urgent care and the doctor gave her some medicine to clear it up. I have now been to insta/urgent care more with Sarah in her first year than I have with Emilie and Ada in their 6 years combined. I hope it isn't a sign of more things to come!

We had so much fun spending time with grandma and grandpa Fank, swimming, playing in the water parks, going on slides, going on the Original Duck tour (a rig that goes on land and water - pretty cool!), shopping, minature golfing and watching the Olympics. While we were there Sarah took a few steps on her own! I am not sure I am ready for her to walk yet - I can tell already that she is going to keep my busy chasing after her.

Sadly on Wednesday we had to come home and then grandma and grandpa flew home earlier today. Thanks for a great time G&G Fank! We miss you already - love you!