My family is gearing up for our first visit to a water park at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells. We’re staying two nights, and the first night, we’re sharing a condo with two other families (for a total of four little boys ages 5 and younger.) The second night, it’s just our family, and possibly two single friends we invited to stay with us.
Now that the weekend is upon us, I feel excited to go, but I must admit, originally the thought of spending the weekend at a water park sounded like a loud ‘n’ humid hell. Friends invited us on water park excursions before, but we always declined. Recently, however, it seemed like we either take our kids to a water park or become the hippie weirdos whose house smells like soup. (I love that line in “Juno.”)
But most importantly, my kids really wanted to go for a long time, and I know they will have a great weekend. By the time my oldest was 4, he was well aware of “these swimming places with really big slides” and at that point I knew it was just a matter of time before I’d be flip-flop shopping.
So we’re finally doing the American family right-of-passage water park pilgrimage and despite my original skepticism, I’m looking forward to it.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
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