the vacationing Dailey's...

we hit the road Tuesday morning, drove to Watkins Mill at Lawson, we'd never been & it was very interesting, we of course did both tours. (KJ commented on the heat, as well.) found out that several scenes from RIDE WITH THE DEVIL were shot there. awesome. I had wanted to check out the 'new' slave cabins at the James Farm, but we didn't get there. Kevin gets tired of me wanting to go places that I've already been. We had lunch at Longhorn, then drove on to Great Wolf Lodge in KC, KS. We checked in, our room was HUGE. private balconey,even, it overlooked the huge loud A/C unit & the employee's smoking area. We did the water park, ate at Camp Critter, played miniature golf, spotted Santa on vacation, shopped, & caught part of the Great Clock storytime. I had grand plans for Katie to try Magic Quest, & for the kids to go to the arcade, you just need more time to get it all done. Maybe we'll go back sometime...the beds were very comfy, I usually have trouble sleeping in hotels, but I told Kevin we could just move into this one & come home when the credit cards were maxxed out...
We got up early Wednesday, the kids ate leftover pizza from supper (room had fridge AND microwave...very fancy for us on vacation!), Kevin & I went to the Bear Claw Cafe (I probably have the name wrong), then we shopped at Cabela's, then on to Worlds of Fun, it was upper 90s & the water rides felt good!
They voted against my fave WOF activity, the old fashioned picture. I was miffed, but of course very understanding, & we got a family picture on The Timberwolf, & one of the ones they took when we went in. I wanted to get pics of us on the Viking Voyager (Kate ducked her head so KJ would get soaked), & on the Mamba, but there were hands in front of my face). We all agreed to leave, we all got some degree of sunburn, since I didn't pack my usual bag of stuff thru the park & we just sunblocked when we got there. We ate lunch at Coasters. When we went in Snoopy was greeting guests in a red, white, & blue vest. I had left my good camera in the truck since I was going to be riding, & bought a mail in camera in the park. My kids had no interest in Snoopy (KJ informed me that Snoopy currently has no shows on TV!) No one would go pose by him. My kids just don't get Snoopy. I guess you have to be old to find him adorable...We went to the dog show & Katie petted 2 of the dogs after the show. All the performers were rescued dogs, this couple has 23 dogs!
on the way home we shopped at Walmart & ate at Toot Toots in Bethany. Then home to laundry & hungry pets (didn't hire the neighbor to babysit since we left yesterday & got home tonite.) I have a thing on vacation where I used to pack trash bags (now I pack the monster size ziploc bags) & all our dirty clothes go in them, so I just pack them into the bathroom when I get home, & don't have to wash any clothes that didn't get worn. I am seriously lazy! And I am glad to be home~