Sometimes the best things are unplanned

We have been trying take Brooke to Dutch Wonderland all summer but things kept coming up. We thought we would spend two days doing the rides, water park, and outlets. As the end of the season started creeping near, I decided I'd be happy if we just got one day there. So we decided that Sunday was our day. On Saturday we woke up early to a beautiful day and when we saw how hot and humid Sunday's forecast was we decided to pack it up and go Saturday for the day instead.

When we got to Lancaster we had to hit a few "key" outlets first and then went to DW. We were surprised to see that the water park was open since I saw online that it had closed for the season. Mike and I looked at each other and said 'wanna stay the night'. Well, I did have a change of clothes for everyone and enough diapers. Definitely not everything I would have packed, but do-able. We decided to look at it as an adventure. We found a hotel down the road and then went back to the outlets to get a few more things we needed- $5 bathing suit for Mike, $1.99 pj's for Jared (Jenna wore her's for the car ride b/c she was napping), a $10 beach towel, and Target for tooth brushes. We were sort of roughing it, but it was fun!



We spent all afternoon doing rides and seeing shows at the park and then went back to the hotel for an early bedtime. Brooke got her own bed and Jared and Jenna slept in between Mike and I. They were so happy to be sleeping next to one another again. They had one of their best night's sleep ever! The 12 inches of space that Mike and I each had left made for one of the worst night sleeps for us. Brooke had an entire queen size bed to herself.



The next day was more fun on the rides and splashing at the water park. It ended up being a great mini-vacation!

The princess of Dutch Wonderland is named Princess Brooke.


Jenna's first ride.


Brooke FINALLY got to milk a cow.