Great Wolf Lodge

We did it!  We took our first family trip!
We had such a blast and the kids did too.
So, where did we go?  Great wolf lodge in Virginia.
There was something  for all of us to enjoy.


 My three year old is convinced he is a pro surfer thanks to this attraction.

Surfer dude!

I gave it a quick try.  I will not be sharing that video with you.  You're welcome.

Even my husband tried it out and he is not one for trying new things.

Here's our only family pic from the trip.

The awesome thing about a waterproof camera, they can go in the water!

Can you tell he was thrilled?

  Here we are on our first and only big slide.  I felt sick after and he was terrified.

The baby loved walking in the water and it was great to have area shallow enough for her to do that.

      These slides were in the little kids area too.

                                   

We made it to story time in the lobby. 

Micah was scarred of the show and hid behind me.

It wasn't long till he was fast asleep.

We met this guy.

I can't remember his name.

That's all folks.  Thanks for stopping by.

little green pouch

We tried our little green pouch.  I really like them.  I have a ton of baby food left over that Julia won't eat with a spoon.  I finally have something to use it for.  So, that makes me happy.  

Okay, lets begin.   

What is little green pouch? 

It's a little pouch, that is green.  No really, i'm not joking.

What do you put in it?

Purees, apple sauce, smoothies, anything you would like really.  

You can hide your valuables in them, just don't give them to your baby to drink ;) 

Why are you so excited about them?

I like the convenience of the fruit purees, but at $1 or more a pop x2 kids, it gets expensive.  

How do you clean them?

You can put in the dishwasher or wash them by hand. 

Feel free to ask anymore questions you have.

Here's how they come packaged.

Simple brown box.

This is one of many bags of food I need to use.  I don't think it's economical or green to buy baby food just to use the pouches.  I just have these left over.  In the future I'll put smoothies in my little green pouch.

I held mine with one hand like this and poured in the food with my other hand.

You can use a funnel or spoon if that is easier.

Stop looking at my chipped polish.  I'm going to fix my nails right now!

This is with one 3.5oz jar in the pouch. 

 I don't recommend any more then that or you will have a mess when to try to seal it closed.

                                           You can see it's filled just under the word "little".

                                                           I  sat it in my freezer upright.

We didn't try our frozen pouch but I made another one to test out immediately.

Don't worry, she isn't messy from the pouch, just leftover lunch.

She didn't have any leakage or spillage from the pouch and did fine with it.

She is 15 months old .

Overall i'm very pleased with the little green pouch.  

When she was done I just rinsed it and put it on the top rack.

YUMMY!

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