The next day was relatively mild, in terms of Hailey behavior. We hit the extremely tasty breakfast buffet at the hotel and went into the arts and craft room they call 'The Cub Club'.
When we made our reservations, we also bought a special pass that allowed us a lot a freebies. One of these was a color-your-own item from the Cub Club area. We chose a t-shirt for Hailey to color. The attention span for shirt coloring lasted about 10 minutes (I had to finish it up for her). While I sat in the micro chair and colored, she had a good time exploring the play areas and talking to the wonderful lady running the crafts - the same lady whose quote started this series of blogs. She ran to a plastic fort-like house they had and as soon as she closed the half-door behind her, she turned to her Dad and said "Can I take your order?" Hmmm... have we taken her out for fast food too often? That's o.k., I won't be going to McDonald's any time soon.We quickly got her a stuffed animal wolf...the hotel's version of 'Build-A-Bear'...which was also free from our kid's pass, then we headed to the arcade. I think there is a lot you can learn from watching what arcade games people gravitate to. My chivalrous husband tended toward the Skee-ball game as that seemed to produce the most tickets for Hailey, but also indulged in the occasional sword fighting game. I tried a classic circa 1980's arcade game and skee-ball as well. Hailey however...is no longer allowed to try skee-ball - we couldn't seem to convince her that an over-hand toss into the other lanes was not the best technique for amassing points. Car driving games were also not her style - watching her, I was vaguely comforted by the fact that a learner's permit is still years away. We did, eventually find Hailey's perfect arcade niche, the game so incredibly tailored for her that it should have her picture on it - 'Whack-a-mole'. Big soft mallet, whomping things on the head...it didn't get much better. She could have scored higher, but she was giggling too much.
After the arcade, we played an interactive game called MagiQuest until she fell asleep. It was fun game, which was included with the pass, but a lot of walking - it tired us all out.
Nathan and I made a bargain that we each got an hour, to ourselves, to go to the hotel's spa. I got a wonderful pedicure and he opted for a relaxing massage. It was really the only moments of peace for either of us all weekend.
K.P. Incident #2
consisted of Hailey finding a girl, close to her age (maybe a little younger) being friendly and then splashing her until the girl literally ran away from Hailey. Hailey, however, would not let this little girl alone..like a kiddie pool stalker. We were right there telling her to stop splashing and leave the girl alone, but she was determined to get this kid wet. I was a little embarrassed around the other girl's dad - he obviously didn't know how to protect his daughter from our little predator. Eventually Hailey left her alone and 20 minutes later, the other girl started following Hailey around like a puppy. Toddlers. Who understands them?It is important to note that the entire weekend, with the exception of the 4 hour drive up, Hailey was totally without any kind of diaper or pull up, and she didn't have a single accident - even when sleeping. K.P. Incident #3 does not count as a potty accident. The three of us were standing together in the kiddie pool, when Hailey suddenly gets up, walks out of the pool and over to a drain in the floor - a drain which was in front of a large group of tables and chairs filled with people. She proceeded to assume a mini-sumo wrestler stance over the drain and as she did...more 'water' emptied from her swimsuit bottom than it would naturally hold. Nathan and I looked at each other and laughed. She wide-legged it back to the pool and continued playing.
Hey!! She didn't pee in the pool!! She peed in the pool drain - it's kind of like a toilet. It doesn't count!
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