Little Getaway!!

We are discovering through talking to different people and a little research there is so much to see and do here in KL! There are so many amazing places a short plane ride away that we are having to be careful not to forget what all the city we are actually living in has to offer! So, when Brent and the kids all had a Monday off a couple of weeks ago for a public holiday, we decided to try a little "staycation" and we had a blast!! I honestly cannot remember where I first heard about Sunway Lagoon, but after hearing on sight accommodations and waterpark...we were sold!!
Brent actually was in Perth the whole week leading up to our little adventure and wasn't flying back until Saturday morning. The kids and I decided to start the weekend fun anyway, so we skipped golf lessons and headed to the hotel right after school on Firday! It is so great how much fun staying in a hotel is!! When we lived in Katy, there was a little hotel literally 5 min from the house and Lily and Ella would ask at least once a week if we could go stay there sometime:) It doesn't have to be fancy and it doesn't have to be far, it just has to have a bed we can jump on and a pool!
Anyway, there were 2 hotels to choose from and we picked the Sunway Resort and Spa. The room was great with a ton of floor space and we were actually able to fit in 2 roll away beds that the girls slept on and Jake got a pallet on the floor. The only boy in the family and the 3rd child...he better get used to sleeping on the floor:)
Like everything in KL, the hotel was attached to a huge mall. We found this out because the taxi driver dropped me and all 3 kids with all of our luggage and stuffed animals for everyone to sleep with on the complete opposite side of the mall from our hotel. He just pointed and said, "It's just right there on the other side." This involved staircases, elevators and a long walk through an extremely crowded mall:) What do you do??:) We made it!! A sweet security guard felt sorry for me and actually helped us with all of our stuff. I don't think I would have been able to find the hotel on my own, so thank goodness!
After we jumped on the bed, we headed to the mall for some dinner and found a whole section of carnival rides that the kids loved!

We had a great view of the waterpark from our window! We knew exactly where we were heading when Daddy showed up!

Brent's flight landed around 7:30 on Saturday morning, so he met us for breakfast and then we were off for a super fun day at the waterpark!! I only have a picture of us at the entrance and then my phone went in the locker for the rest of the day:) We all had such a great time!! There were 2 sections with a bunch of smaller slides and all kinds of ways to climb for small kids. All 3 kids loved this part as well as the lazy river and wave pool. They even had a dance party in the wave pool and some cool performances!! Lily also really enjoyed the bigger slides which was fun for me and Brent too:) Her favorite was the huge funnel one were you sit 4-6 people in a large tube and go flying through a tunnel slide and eventually end up in a huge funnel where you fly back and forth up the sides. Brent did it with her twice and then she came and got me to do it with her. I was SO not expecting it to be that fast!! I am not used to her liking the big rides!



The next day we went to church and then back to the hotel to play at the pool! It was a great pool!! It was huge and had all these beautiful waterfalls! However, it was freezing! When we first got down there the sun was out and we were freezing. Then the sun went away and it started to sprinkle and we were really freezing!! Poor Ella wanted to swim so bad. She would get out and wrap up in a towel and after a few minutes get back in for about 30 seconds and then back out again;) The girls and I finally gave up and enjoyed some drinks by the side (milkshakes don't help warm you up by the way)!

Lily took care of Ella, giving her drink and cuddling with her:)

The next morning we had breakfast and headed back home to get unpacked, get groceries and get ready for the week! We will definitely go back to Sunway Lagoon and look forward to checking out some more places close to home!:)