Waterpark Weekend

We met up with old A-B friends from St. Louis and Columbus recently for a waterpark weekend. Our original meeting point idea, Indianapolis, didn't pan out, so we ended up at Abe Martin State Park, about an hour south of Indy. Besides the longer trip, we had a great time! The lodge was hidden deep in a gorgeous forest, had little cabins we could stay in, and had indoor activities--crucial for a mid-April get together. Inside the lodge was a zero depth pool, perfect for little kids, and a cool water slide. Hopefully we'll make it a yearly tradition and the weather will cooperate more and we can try a hike next year to enjoy the actual park and not just the pool!

Between the three families, we had kids ages 5.5, 4, 3, 15 months, 8 months and 4 months, so we had our hands full.

The three big kids. They had a ball playing together.

 Blair and her son Rowan

 Mo juggles two babies in the pool

Me on the water slide with TJ. He even went down twice by himself! And this is how I know he's growing up. In the pool again Sunday morning, I kept asking him if he wanted to go on the slide (because I really wanted to--it was fun!). He kept saying no. Then Cooper (who is 5) suggested that they should go on the slide. Thomas jumped up and ran after him. Mom is no longer the coolest person in his world. :(

We contemplated going to the restaurant in the lodge but decided that with six kids, ordering pizza and eating on the picnic table outside our cabin was a better idea!

Mo got her kids squirt bottles. Molly spent some time washing cars.

After we put the kids to bed, the adults chilled outside, catching up and drinking beer. We could see TJ, our nocturnal kid, shining his headlight through the window of our cabin.

Our cabin had two beds--a double and a single, a small desk, a bathroom, and a mini fridge and microwave. Thomas (the button king) was obsessed with the microwave. He started keeping his "treasures" in it--a pair of big boy undies, a carrot helicopter Easter toy, and the bar of soap from the bathroom. He was also fascinated by the bar of soap--in his world, soap only comes in liquid form. He stored the soap in the microwave and ran to retrieve it each time he needed to wash his hands.

 Sunday morning dawned bright and sunny. Since we all had small kids, we were up early and the waterpark didn't open until 10. We spent the morning at the park's swing set--so nice to be outside!