Vacation Day 3

Last Wednesday was day 3 of our vacation.  We woke up and had some of the donuts that we had bought the day before.  The kids couldn’t believe that they were lucky enough to get to eat donuts for breakfast!

Okay, so Penelope didn’t actually eat donuts for breakfast, but I couldn’t just not include a photo of her!

As soon as we finished breakfast, we loaded up and headed to the beach.  The kids really liked the sand.  Penelope like the sand, too, and especially liked the water.  The big kids, however, weren’t real big fans of the water.  Gary said that Rosemary started out okay with the water, then noticed that the waves were “coming after” her and was a little wary of it after that.  At one point, I grabbed Piper and Rosemary and ran with them into the water, but that didn’t help much.  All they did was ask for their daddy.  Good thing there was plenty to do in the sand.

Gary showed the girls how to bury their feet in the sand so that their feet “disappeared” which provided a lot of entertainment.

Penelope took a little nap in her beach tent, but after that she was happy and really enjoyed her time on the beach.

We couldn’t get Gary to entirely stop working – but since he at least made the trip we weren’t going to complain too much.

The kids really enjoyed making hand and footprints in the sand, which is something Nana taught them to do. 

After we left the beach, we went back to the condo where Gary bathed the kids while I took a shower.  Then I fixed the kids’ lunches and they ate while Gary and Nana showered.  Then we all took a nap.  It actually rained and stormed a bit while we napped, which always makes for a better nap.  When we woke up, we went to dinner at Stinky’s Fish Camp.  There was an hour wait to eat, so we sat outside and I took a few photos while we waited.  Gary and Henry went in and got drinks for all the girls, and Henry was quite proud of himself for bringing some waters to his sisters. 

At one point, the kids got a little restless and started roaming around.  Rosemary took off into the parking lot, and Nana took off after her.  Piper was standing next to me while Nana was chasing Rosemary, and she kept saying, “Mama, look!  Nana’s fast!  Nana’s fast!”  It was hilarious.

We finally got in to eat and had a great meal.  It was delicious, and the waiter kept the kids’ food coming fast enough and timed everything so that the grown-ups actually had time to eat themselves.  Awesome.  Penelope ate a little, but then spent some time flirting with a man at a nearby table (which was a pretty common thing for her on the trip). 

This time, Penelope was actually WINKING at the man at the nearby table, which entertained him to no end.  He told us that we were going to have to watch Penelope when she gets older and that she was winking at him.  At first we thought it was just kind of funny, then we saw that Penelope actually WAS winking at him.  I got an okay photo of it, but it still doesn’t do justice to the full-on winking that was going on. 

Another great day down.