We started the day in the water (big surprise). Checkout was at noon and we pushed it up until the very last minute. The boys used their time wisely going down the slide and playing ball with Mike and a new friend in the big pool.
Even Ben got in on the action. The water was pretty chilly though so he didn’t last too long.
After checkout we went to Merle Hay Mall for lunch and to burn the last little bit of energy so the boys would sleep on the way home. We were pleasantly surprised to find the Red Rock Wildlife Education Center inside the mall. We were even more surprised to find out that admission for the family was only $5 and the animal show was starting in 5 minutes (I made Mike run back out to the van for my camera). The boys, well Nick at least, had fun petting three of the animals. Zander liked the animals, but he was getting very tired and didn’t want to do it after the first one. They got to pet a bobcat, baby cougar (?) and arctic wolf. So freaking adorable (though the adult ones were a bit intimidating).
When the show was over we decided to let the boys see Santa. Unfortunately the mall Santa’s camera was broken, the elves were trying to fix it and an entire (adult) family was waiting to get their picture taken on Santa’s bench – without Santa. Yeah, I was a bit peeved. So we headed over to the little train and let the boys ride that while they waited.
The camera was just barely fixed, the family still hadn’t finished their photo shoot and the line had grown even longer so decided to forgo Santa and head on home. Good idea --- Zander was asleep before we left the parking lot. All in all it was a pretty good weekend.
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