The pool area was absolutely perfect for kids his age. He could touch the bottom in nearly all of it and it had two slides, a waterfall, and a teeter-totter. Nolan's face was absolutely priceless when we walked in there the first time. He was so excited.
Look at those muscles!
Livi was a little unsure of all the noise and water, but didn't cry and went into the pool with Mommy and Grandma Patti. She was so cute in her little Minnie Mouse swimming suit with her adorable chunker legs. She even rode on the teeter-totter with Big Brother!
I was so proud of how brave Nolan was in the pool. Last summer, he went through a phase where he absolutely refused to go in the water. He had always enjoyed it up until that point, so it was really fun to see him have such a good time with it.
After spending a few hours in the pool, we headed back to our condo to get ready to go out for dinner. Eric really wanted to go to the Sprecher Pub, which served several of his favorite Sprecher beers on tap. We had really yummy food and a magician stopped by our table and showed us some awesome slight-of-hand tricks. We were seriously amazed. None of us have even the faintest idea of how he did those card tricks. When we got back to our condo later that night, Nolan found a deck of cards and started "performing" the trick, snapping his fingers and asking "Is this your card?"
The next morning the guys headed back to the pool and Patti, Livi, and I went on to the Outlets at the Dells. We found several great deals on some stuff for the kids including a new winter jacket for Nolan for next year for $12! We also got Nolan some new Crocs for this summer and Livi got a few new outfits. When we got back to Christmas Mountain Village, the boys were dried off and we headed downtown for some lunch. We promised to take Nolan to a restaurant that served only Mac and Cheese, so we went there. After lunch, we walked to a candy shop and took Nolan to the Disney Store back at the outlets. I thought he would be asking us to buy him something, but he was SO polite and didn't ask for anything. I was proud of his self control and good manners. We also stopped at a Craft and Antique Mall for a few minutes. This place was HUGE with thousands and thousands of items. You could seriously spend weeks in there and not see everything. That evening we ended up staying at the condo for dinner so we could play games. We played some of Eric and my favorites - Bananagrams, Sushi Go, and Pandemic.
Tuesday morning was our last day, so we wanted to make sure Nolan got a little more pool time. Steve, Eric, Nolan, and I headed up there right away. He enjoyed swimming and playing catch with his Daddy and Grandpa.
Steve and Patti headed out late morning to get back to Rhinelander. We stayed for a few extra hours to get some pictures in front of a few of the landmarks. Our first stop was the awesome, HUGE wooden Trojan horse at Mount Olympus. We marveled at it every time we drove by, so we decided to get out and take a picture in front of it. As I was walking up to the thing, holding Nolan's hand, I nearly stepped on a disgusting, petrified, dead raccoon that was laying on the rocks, perfectly camoflauged. I almost had a heart attack and let out a scream as I quickly pulled my baby out of the way so he wouldn't step on it. The result was a terrified Nolan who has been OBSESSED about the "stinky raccoon" for the last two days. It was seriously the first thing he said to me this morning when he woke me up this morning: "Mommy, the stinky raccoon was a bad surprise." Yes, son. Yes, it was. Here's his rendition of the tale:
We also stopped to get a picture in front of Noah's Ark because Nolan really liked all the animals. He particularly liked that this raccoon wasn't "stinky."
We stopped to see the river and the rushing, swirling water at the dam on our way out of town. And of course, we had to end our trip with a stop at the ice cream candy shop for a little treat. It was such a nice getaway and both kids were SO well behaved. It makes it exciting to want to do trips with them! We're heading back to the Dells in a few weeks with some friends. I can hardly wait!
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