On Monday, Brian and I made the short drive to Bastrop to the Lost Pines Resort. If you have never been there, I highly recommend it. Because we're Hyatt rewards members (sounds fancy, right?) we got to check in at 10am about the time Mom and Dad and Emrie and Aiden were leaving Brenham to meet us. By the time we all converged on the hotel it was lunch time. And since he was on vacation too, we let Aiden pick where we'd eat. Can you say "China King Buffet?" That's right. Of all the places to choose from Aiden wanted the Chinese food. So, we ate Chinese food.
After lunch we all changed into our swimsuits and headed to the pool. I mean POOLS. There are several pools on the property. There's a little beach area for the kiddos to build sand castles - that area leads right into a wading pool. Next to it is the volleyball and basketball pool. Then on the complete opposite side of that area is the adults only pool and hot tub. Circling the entire pool area is a lazy river. And, there is a splash pad and baby pool for the Emrie! Swimming anyone?
Aiden made friends right away and took off around the lazy river with Brian in hot pursuit after him. Mom, Dad, Emrie and I opted for the baby pool and splash pad. Emrie loved it. The only problem was my fearless little girl would just walk right into the pool. That's right. She just assumed one of us would always be there to catch her and we were BUT we had to keep a close eye on her. Since she seemed to be enjoying the water, we joined her big brother in the lazy river. She really loved that but she kept trying to hang over the edge of her tube to put her hands in the water which would almost tump her out of her tube all together!
There were lots of other things to do at the resort too...
Bike rides through the nature trails - check
Rock climbing and zip lining - check
Nightly smores dessert bar - check
Nightly kids movie on the lawn - check
Driving range and golf - check
Arts and crafts - check
Games in the lobby - check
About the only thing we didn't do was the horseback riding and rafting. No one was interested in riding horses and the rafting trips had been cancelled because of all the rain.
Like I said earlier, I highly recommend this place. It only took us and hour and a half to get there which is a blessing with two kiddos in the car. And, the resort had EVERYTHING you could possibly need. Once you were checked-in there was no reason to leave! It was a great five days! Relaxing it was not but it was packed full of fun!
I have pictures but I'm having a hard time getting them off the camera. I'll have them up by tomorrow - promise.
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