Getting out

We just got back from our trip to the Dells. We had a great time. We didn't spend as much time in the pools/waterpark as we would have liked, but we found out that this resort wasn't exactly designed for 11-month-olds. We set Elijah in the 6-inch-deep pool, but he just shivered and looked at us like IT'S COLD IN HERE WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME so we took him out. Dan went down a few slides at lightning speed. His water slide rule of thumb is: shoulder blades and heels! According to this rule, those are the only things that should touch the slide, which means that he flies down them, and exits the slides at speeds faster than our eyes can process. Elijah and I had a good time trying to keep up with him. Normally I would like to participate in these types of things as well but it turns out that I would have rather just hung out with my son.

I haven't mentioned that the reason we went to the Dells in the first place is because we got a deal from BG Vacations. We got a hotel room for two nights and access to the waterpark for $59 total, which is great. BUT. We also had to attend the obligatory 90-minute presentation about buying a lifetime vacation opportunity, blah blah. We have been to these things before so we knew what to expect. When we got there, though, we were blown away by the fakeness and the cheesiness surrounding us. We did a lot of eye rolling back and forth at each other. We ended up spending much more than 90 minutes there but in the end, Dan told them, "We are totally using you for the cheap vacation. We aren't going to buy this. Sorry." It was awesome. At these things, though, they don't take no for an answer that easily. The "closer" swooped in on us and continued his quest to try to get us to spend $25,000 on the spot, when Elijah did THE MOST AWESOME THING OF ALL TIME. As we said no for the third time, and the Closer again tried to get our credit card number, Elijah looked straight at the guy, DEAD in the eye, and started yelling at him: BAHHHHH! Ah! AAAHHH! Ba! AHAHAaaahhh! HA! Ba. He never lost eye contact. Everyone around the table was stunned by his impeccable timing as they uncomfortably laughed. Dan and I knew he was telling the guy off and we looked at each other like, YES! Our son has our back! Two seconds later, we were out the door to enjoy the rest of our trip. Well done, little man.

Despite this awkward two hours, we had a really nice time together as a family. Even though it's a little extra work performing baby duties away from home, it is so refreshing to be in a different place for a few days. Elijah is a good traveler and that is a wonderful thing because we plan on showing him many places.






This is the toy car we won by spending $20 worth of tokens playing Deal or No Deal


Daddy got too tired driving home so Elijah took over for a bit


Oh yeah, we bought Elijah a new Jeep! I think he's ready. Actually, we bought this because it has wheels on the bottom. We're hoping it might encourage leg usage.