We've had a pretty fun September. Jake had a full month off starting the end of august. So here are just a few pics of some of the fun we had. I actually have all pics (excluding pics taken with a waterproof camera) on my facebook page for those who want to see.
Brylee had her 2nd birthday on the 17th. I think Jake was happy to finally be around for one. We didn't do anything spectacular, but we did have fun. We started with birthday syrup in the morning. Then let Bry open her birthday presents after breakfast. She got a Dora scooter and a bunch of dress up stuff. She actually wouldn't take off the wings for a couple of days. She even wore them while she napped. In the evening we had cupcakes and played at Chuck E Cheese for an hour. As I said, we kept it simple but had a lot of fun.
Earlier in the month we went to one of the Aquariums. The kids had a blast looking at the otters while Jake and I were spooked by one of their sharks. The thing looked mean. It was almost a 3 hour drive to get there though. So we figure if we do this again we're gonna budget it so that we could make a day of it and visit the beach while we're there. 
And the final thing we did this month was go on a family retreat paid for by the US Army. It was once again at the Great Wolf Lodge. It was originally supposed to be in Myrtle Beach but for whatever reason it got changed at the last minute. It worked out though. We knew what to expect for prices and was thus able to stay within the budget given to us by those paying for everything.We had lots of fun. Brylee was old enough to do her own thing in the kiddie pool in the waterpark so I didn't have to hold her the whole time. Zach went down one of the adult slides with Jake giggling the whole way and Jake and I even had time to ourselves to enjoy the mini golf and the adult waterslides without the kids. One slide, called the Tornado, was especially fun. Jake had a freaked out look on his face the whole way. But that was probably because he was going backwards down a dark tube that has an incredibly steep drop at one point.
The Lodge also had an animatronics show every night at 8 followed by story time. I was actually surprised that the kids enjoyed it. Well, not Zach, but Brylee. I thought she'd freak out, but she enjoyed it as much as Zach did.
