This week we went to Cherry Hill and Lagoon. We went on this vacation every single year as kids but it'd been a few years since we went last so I was excited to go and I knew Ty would love it! Everyone who asked where we were going had no idea what Cherry Hill was, (its a water park/campground) so I figured when we got there it wouldn't be busy like it used to be but it was super packed! Lots and lots of trailers and people. We came prepared to camp in a tent but when we checked in for the 2 nights it was almost 70 bucks. We were both surprised it was so much for just a patch of grass, so John figured it'd still be cheaper to drive back and forth every morning and night. At first I was like heck no, I'm not driving an hour back and forth every day (twice a day). But it ended up being only 45 min each way, both kids fell asleep for the night 45 seconds into each drive, and I was able to get further into my book. (how do mom's ever finish books?? I get interrupted every 5 minutes) So it ended up working out. We got there on Monday around 4 pm, had dinner and just hung out and then we hooked up a projector and watched Madagascar 2. We drove home and came back then next morning and got an all day splash pass. Ours included all the pools, waterslides, lazy river, mini golf, a maze, little water boats for Ty, and a little jungle gym. It was a really fun day for Ty and it was fun watching him. We had fun, too, but this was our first year that we didn't go for ourselves; we went for our kids. It's an interesting switch! Couldn't do as many things with a baby and toddler as we used to, but it was really good :) I didn't get too many pictures the first half of that day since we were swimming, but after lunch before we went swimming again, we took Ty to the maze and little boats and the jungle gym. He was in control of his own boat so he kept going around in circles. It was so funny, he couldn't straighten it out.

 

 

They had a ball pit so we put Ty in there and he had no clue what was going on and wanted to get out. On his way out, he reached down to grab a ball to take with us.

 

 

(Had to put it back of course)

 

There was a room with little air guns and tons of balls that we went in and tried out, it had amazing AC so it felt good to be in there. There was a black light so we glowed like crazy!

 

 

We went mini golfing and I, of course, lost. But it was super fun. Ty loved it too even though he was pretty bad, like me. :) It was so hot and we were all dripping sweat, so we got back in the water and played. Then later that night we went on the water slides again and again and again. I think that was the best part of the day. Ty loved it every single time and didn't want to stop. He was so happy all day despite not having had a nap the last few days. It was so fun to see him have such a great time! We played another round of golf, but the sun was down so it wasn't as hot when we played. I lost again but it was still fun! We drove home and then back in the morning to Lagoon.

 

Waiting to get in:

 

I was really curious to see how Ty would do on the rides. He absolutely loves big water slides and never wants to get off so I was hoping this would be the same. The first ride he tried was this one:

 

 For some reason he was trying not to smile, it was so funny cause you could tell he was loving it but he was trying to keep a straight face. I didn't know two year olds knew how to do that! Hilarious. He finally cracked a smile and said he liked it and wanted to go on another ride. John wanted to take him on the mini rocket, I thought for sure he would hate it and it would ruin all the other rides for him.

 

He loved it and laughed and even waved! It was cute. We found this little roller coaster called bombora (I think?). It was big enough and fast enough to give me butterflies, it went up and up then down really fast and then all around and he just laughed. His little head was shaking and moving all over because it was so fast but he had this huge smile the whole time. Every time it ended he'd look disappointed and say I wanna go again! We probably went 7-8 times throughout the day. The last few times all the people in front of us put their hands up and waved them around in the air so he put his up too. It was really cute :)

Again it was such a hot day so a couple of hours after lunch we all wanted to go on rattlesnake rapids. For some reason Ty hates getting his clothes wet. He will spill a drop of water on his pants or shirt and say, "It's all wet! I need new shirt." So I knew even though he was hot and needed to get wet he would hate it. And he did. It was almost 5 o clock so way past his bed time anyways so he was already more touchy than usual. But we had his trusty binky so it helped him be happy. Him and Stevie chilled in the stroller while we got some ice cream.

 

that cheered him right up!

Messy messy ice cream in the heat, trying to help him keep it clean:

 

We walked around for a bit and he saw all the balls, then all he wanted was to do was play basket ball:

 

All 4 babies, Stevie, Lincoln, Annie, & Russ (April decided last second on Monday to pack the boys up and come join us! She's super woman! We're so glad you came!)

 

Dad, Mom, and their 8 kids (well almost. We miss you sarah! excited to see you in 6-ish weeks!)

 

 

Love my sweet boys:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks mom and dad for the fun trip!