We just escaped for a weekend up north to Great Wolf Lodge (an indoor waterpark!) Sheryl came with us to help take care of our sweet, but active children. Paul tries to take us every year and we get to sit in 84 degrees of warmth. Quite nice after the freezing weather we have had!
Emma is getting better at not being so scared in the pool. She is actually swimming underwater, but hasn't quite gotten the technique of moving when she swims! I am proud of her working so hard and enjoying the water more. She also enjoyed a few of the waterslides after Daddy and Mama made her try a few out.
Luke is a fish. No fear and courageously attempts any new task. One afternoon Paul and I sneaked out to grab some lunch and left the kids with Sheryl in the room. Paul took me to an old bakery for a sandwich. We went in and ordered and then went upstairs to a cute little country apartment that was used to sit down and eat at. It had a beautiful view of Lake Superior and was quite. Then the sandwiches came. I have never had such a delicious sandwich!! Good thing we don't live there because I would spend a lot of money there! ;)
We returned from our delicious lunch to find out that Luke had fallen asleep. Sheryl went to peek on him, and said "Luke is not sleeping. He is not in his bed." I thought maybe he was hiding from us somewhere. Yet he did not come out of his hiding spot when called. That is when the dread filled my heart. He was not in the room. He was somewhere in the lodge all alone. My four year old cute, sweet, innocent boy was out in the world all alone!! Panic set in and I raced out of the room in a mad run to find him. I looked all over the 1st and 2nd floor with no success. I had been praying and the answer came that I should go back to the room and check in and then go to the front desk.
As I came back to the room, Sheryl was just hanging up the phone. "Paul just called and said he has him." Relief filled by body, then anger began to sizzle. I said another prayer of thanks and then asked for guidance on how to handle Luke. Paul and Luke returned to the room and I knelt down in front of him and burst into tears of relief. I told him how much he meant to me and I could never deal with him being gone from our family. He better never sneak out again. I was so scared and worried.
He replied with tears coming down his cheeks,"I just wanted to go with you and Daddy to lunch." So sweet and innocent. Needless to say, we put on the lock that the kids can't reach the rest of the time we were in the room!
The rest of the trip was perfect. Abby and Madison had so much fun in the toddler pool. How wonderful is it to have family time away from all the work and responsibilities back home!
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