We had great weather except for the Friday before we left so we hit some shops and just hung out and packed up so we could get an early start Saturday morning.
Anyway back to our week, we arrived on Saturday and took the kids to the pools inside that night
Then on Sunday some family friends came in from North Carolina so we went to Barefoot Landing with them and went to a few of the little shops there and had a nice lunch. Then all the women went grocery shopping for the food for the week. We left the kids with Mike and my uncle. My two cousins were also there to keep them entertained! I feel like the grocery shopping trip is always the most stressful thing to get done!
On Monday we walked the beach a little bit right away in the morning and I was excited because Brady was okay with the ocean this year. The past couple years he has been a little intimidated by it but this year he was actually walking right by the water and putting his feet in...until...these little buggers came along...
There were tons of them, all over the beach and when I say all over I mean all over. Because the tide comes up so far in the evening they were way up the beach too. Then Brady was afraid to even go down to the sand! Luckily that got a little better but he still would not go anywhere near the water after that :( Even daddy was a little nervous about playing in the ocean because of how many there were. Not sure why there were so many this year but hopefully if we go back next year there will not be that many! Later we hung out at the beach for a little bit (far away from the water) and the kids played in the sand and built sand castles and did sand belly flops!
BEFORE THE JELLYFISH SITINGS
On Tuesday it was supposed to be a little cooler so we decided to go to the amusement park that was just down the street. It ended up being a pretty hot day but we had a ton of fun and I felt like a kid again going on a roller coaster with Caitie and Aleeyah (cousins). I didn't think Brady would try much but he went on a ton of stuff and even enjoyed the kiddie roller coaster. Everyone had a great time...until...we took Brady on the log ride! Okay when I was younger I remember the log ride being this little ride with barely any hills and you would get a little wet. So we thought why not we will go on as a family. Well Brady hated it and even hurt his hand. That ride wasn't what I remembered, there was quite a big hill and it went pretty fast!! To this day we can't mention the log ride!
That night we also went down to the beach in the evening and had A LOT of fun on the beach taking pictures and playing around in the sand! We tried getting pictures of us jumping :)
On Wednesday we all went down to the pool and took up a row of lawn chairs and let the kids play in the pool and had some fun in the sun.
Thursday we went to the pools again in the morning (we also had access to the hotel next door and they had a working kiddie pool). The kids played for awhile over there and then we hit the outlet stores and I got some great deals at The Children's Place on their $1.99 rack!! Then we all went out to eat at "Big Daddy's". The food was good and it was nice to go out to eat!
Friday like I said was pretty rainy so we went to Broadway On the Beach, another little place with little shops and restaurants all throughout it. We went to our favorite store "It's Sugar" and spent $45 dollars on CANDY!!! They have every type of candy you can think of and you literally like a kid in a candy store, not good for the wallet but awesome in the tummy :)
We had a great time and I'm already looking forward to going back next year!
Look for a post coming soon on my Little Man playing T-ball!!!
