Hill Country Christmas at Schlitterbahn

This evening, we took the boys to explore the Schlitterbahn Hill Country Christmas. For those that don't know, Schlitterbahn is a huge water park, built on a natural river. It has been voted the best water park in the world and for good reason - the place is amazing. In a few years, we'll likely be frequent visitors during our hot Texas summers, but today we enjoyed the wintertime festivities.


On the advice of friends, we high-tailed it to the Bobsled Racer when we arrived as the park opened, before the lines grew long. Our fearless duo climbed to the top and raced down the 4-story chutes on their mats without skipping a beat. Ben got stuck midway on his first run and then demanded to ride again so he could get it right. Sound like anyone we know? Fearless Ace shot down the hill like a rocket both times.

After that, we explored the rest of the park. We enjoyed bounce houses, a carousel ride, lots of amazing light displays set to music, a festive play area, a merry maze, and real snow blowers. Another highlight was our trip to the miniature train display. The very sweet train engineers would stop Thomas in front of each child and ask the child to tell Thomas to "go!" and then start him up again. Ben had a conversation with one of the engineers about the track set up that I'm sad to say went over my head. After that, the engineer clearly understood Ben's passion for trains and stopped Thomas in front of our sweet boy several more times.

We had a fantastic time tonight and it is thanks to my wonderful grandparents and their Christmas gift to us. Instead of giving us more stuff, which we have too much of to begin with, they gifted us with this awesome event and we'll treasure the memories forever. Thanks, Grands!

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