Saturday, August 13, 2011

Alexandria Trip Part 2: Arrowwood Waterpark

Roy, Carly, Lisa & Owen "surfing"
Owen loved the water!
Chillin!
Mom & Owen in the lazy river
The next couple nights of our stay in Alexandria were spent at Arrowwood Resort. The big hit there was the large waterpark. I've never seen Ava so thrilled. She has gotten so that she is not so scared to do things anymore which is great. After her and I initially tried out all the slides in the baby pool area, she was good to go by herself going down them. Soon, she was going down on her belly, her side, and head first. She couldn't get enough! Brad and I took turns taking her down the big tube slide (which is the tallest thing ever). I was scared to look over the rail when we got to the top. To my surprise, Ava was giddy over it! It was the fastest slide I've been down and parts of it are enclosed and pitch black which I thought would have scared her, but she just kept asking to go again and again. It was great that we were there on weekdays so there was no lines for anything and hardly anyone there. I had to drag Ava out after the intial 4-5 hour stent we were there, so we could eat lunch. We all know Ava wouldn't miss lunch, but she repeatedly turned down my requests to go eat to stay in the waterpark. Owen seemed to enjoy the fountains and the lazy river. He was content most all the time we were in the waterpark, just hanging out. Brad spent one afternoon in the room with him so he could catch a long overdue nap. Overall, he was very tolerant of all the activity. The last evening we were there, Lisa, Roy, Layne, and Carly joined us. Layne graciously took Ava down the big waterslide several times.
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