On Aug. 17, we took the kids down to Columbus for a few days of fun! We visited Fort Rapids Indoor Waterpark, the Columbus Zoo and COSI. We had a blast!
All ready to go!!
Indoor waterpark - the weather wasn't so good on this day so we opted for some indoor fun! The kids had a blast. We swam and played from 11:30 until about 3:00 - minus some time for a break at the van to eat lunch. Then, we headed to the hotel to rest before dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. After dinner, we went back to the park for a lot more fun. It wasn't as crowded after dinner so we were able to do more :)
Waiting for the big bucket to drop a lot of water!!
Dillon was a little scared.
If you look close, you can see Lily (in purple) running to the front to get soaked. She's fearless!
This was where the kids spent most of their time. It was the perfect depth and they loved the slides, fountains and playing basketball.
This was when we left around 3:00. We didn't even get everyone in the car before Dillon was zonked out.
Eating veggies and resting before dinner. We stayed at the Hampton Inn, which was literally across the street from the waterpark.
Later that evening, having a snack after their bath and before bed. When we finally did try to sleep, little Lacy thought it was funny to talk and scream as loud as she could. Dillon fell right to sleep, but Lacy kept the rest of us up for awhile.
On Saturday, we headed to the zoo! Reptiles was the first stop. Dillon really wanted to see frogs. We only found one, though. Here he is touching a snake. Lily didn't want to.
Lacy not diggin her hat
Carousel! Dillon was next to Lily...hard to see in the pic.
Kangaroos!
Touching kangaroo skin
So glad all the kids can fit on the stroller. They were really tired from all the fun we had at the waterpark the day before.
Lacy zonked out!
Watching the orangutans!
Playing on the kids' playground
That's one big ape!
This ape was funny. He picked up some of that straw and threw it right at Lily and Dillon!
We watched a show while we were at the zoo. It was good. It had dozens of trained animals in it - pigs, ducks, cats, birds, dogs, donkey, mice, etc.
After the show, we cooled down with some ice cream! Dillon wasn't happy because his ice cream was dripping on him.
Waiting in line for a train ride with their new stuffed animals. Nana & Papa had given them each some souvenir money to spend. Dillon picked a little giraffe, and Lily wanted that pink Tiger. We got Lacy a littler pink tiger too.
Lacy and her Tiger. If you give Lacy something soft - stuffed animal, blanket, etc. - her thumb goes right in her mouth! Too cute!
Train ride - couldn't get us all in the pic!
"Care Bears" as Dillon called them. He really liked the polar bears.
Playing on another playground
Zip line!
After the zoo we stopped at Skyline Chili for dinner before heading back to the hotel to swim in the hotel pool. We had so much fun doing that too.
Sunday morning, we got up and packed up the car. Then we headed to Chris and Kim's house to see all the upgrades they are doing to their house. Then we all stopped at Bob Evans for lunch before heading to COSI for the afternoon.
Lily touching the static ball
Playing with the noise/vibration machine
Making waves
Playing with water
Chris helping Dillon place the ball on the water.
Lily didn't need any help. She threw her ball and it landed right on top of the water - like she knew exactly what she was doing!
Kim playing with Lacy!
Making toys
We went on an adventure while we were at COSI. We had to find clues and enter codes to unlock the treasure! It was fun, but a little scary. One time, I got "locked" in a room with the kids and they started screaming and crying :(
Looking for clues...
Hurricane tunnel with AJ
Kidspace! They didn't want to leave this area.
Lily and Dillon building their house out of bricks! Smart kids they are!
Hard to see but they were running through some smoke that had words in it. It was cool.
Petting a "Care Bear"
Making a beaver dam
Even though it was a mini vacation, we had so much fun!!!
