Dutch Wonderland

We went to Dutch Wonderland the weekend of August 11th. It was a great little trip.

We met Gio, Mike, and Sevi at the hotel for a whole weekend of fun!
The hotel was really nice and the front desk staff was very friendly.  The only bad thing was they told us that they couldn't give us two cribs for the room since it's against the fire code.  Had they told us that when we booked the room we would have just brought our pack n play.  Screw the fire code.

Once we got there we unloaded the car while Kaida and Colin played with Mike, Gio, and Sevi. 
We unpacked a little and got everyone changed.  Kaida explored the room while we got ready.  She went over the the phone in all it's corded and buttoned glory and said "piano!"
Then we went to dinner at Perkins.  Kaida ordered macaroni and cheese and wanted to know why it was taking longer than the 3 minutes and 30 seconds it takes at home.

After dinner we went in the pool at the hotel for a while.  The tile was very slippery but once we got in the water it was fun.

As for sleeping, we decided that Colin would sleep in the crib and Kaida would sleep on the couch that pulled out to a bed.  That is not what happened though.  After two hours of fighting to get her to stay either in her bed or in our bed, Colin woke up.  So we put her in the crib and arranged cushions into a little nest on the other bed for Colin to sleep in.  I thought about having him in the bed with us but I doubt I would have gotten any sleep that way.

It was pretty terrifying to have Colin sleeping on the couch-crib we built him but it was so nice that he went right to sleep and didn't spend 10 minutes rolling around beforehand like he does at home.  The bed was a lot squishier than his crib mattress so he just sunk right in and went to sleep.  I'm sure that's why crib mattresses are so hard, so there's no sinking in.

On Saturday morning we had breakfast and went to Dutch Wonderland. 

It was nice and there were a lot of rides that were aimed at little kids like Kaida and Sevi.  We all rode the train and the carousel, even Colin,

 and watched a story book show and ate some lunch.  We took a rest out in the shade by the cars. 

Then she rode on a couple car rides, a big spinning ride, and a panda ride that she went on without any grown ups!

She had a lot of fun but not having a nap took its toll.  She was sucking on her fingers by 6:00 (which she only does when she's really tired) and dinner was a bit rough.

We went to Ci-Cis for dinner (woo!) and back to the hotel for bath and bed.

Sunday morning we ate breakfast and went to the pool for a little while.  Then it was time to pack up and check out.
We had a lot of fun and it was really nice to spend time with Mike and Gio and finally meet Sevi (Kaida's future husband). 

Kaida did really well with the potty.  She wore a diaper the whole time but she still told us when she needed to use the bathroom and only had a couple times when she needed the diaper.