We decided out of the blue to go on spring break this year. It had been awhile since the kids were on a plane so we thought, why the heck not?
We boarded our plane (with a baby bottle lollipop) and headed out.
The kids watched movies throughout the two connecting flights. We got to our hotel very late that night and scarfed some late night Wendy's. The kids were champs! Obviously exhausted, but they did great.
The next morning before we checked out to head to our rental house, we hit the pool. We also hit the breakfast bar but they didn't have any food that Tommy could have. They didn't eve have FRUIT. Are you serious?? Oh well. At least the pool was awesome.
The kids definitely didn't forget how to swim (with floaties). Charlotte was an instant fish!
It took some time but we finally convinced Tommy to jump in the pool. He jumped onto this raft because he's still not too cool with water on his face. Might be time for swimming lessons! ;-)
We arrived at our rental house and unloaded all our groceries (from Target, duh). Then we walked to the beach! Hooray beach!
Charlotte fell in love!
I wasn't kidding. She was overjoyed!
I was overjoyed to see the joy! Two lady strangers offered to take our picture and after some edited, I got this. Yay! They also asked me to take their picture and Charlotte decided she needed to be in their picture. She stood directly in front of them. It was so funny. They rolled with it well at least.
Charlotte told us she got some "beach" in her hair. :)
We were only there for a couple hours but the kids had a ball!
Impromptu hugs!
Must! Throw! Sand!!
Charlotte and I had to reenact our last
Fort Myers Beach selfie.
Why is sand such a great toy? I love it too and I can't explain it.
We tried to take a family picture before we left. An instant classic!
When we got back, we had to rinse off all the sand. Shower dance time!
Then we decided to get in the pool. We had a perfectly sized pool with screen over it to keep out the lizards and bugs. It was awesome. Tommy decided to learn how to swim by himself. (No floaties!) We really aren't good at teaching someone to swim so it didn't go well but he can almost tread water now. I call that a win!
The next day it was back to the beach, early this time. The kids picked up where they left off.
The weather was beautiful all week. Perfect for playing in the only slightly cold Gulf.
The ice cream man walked by with his cart. We had to partake! Yum-o Popsicles!! A Rocket Pop and a Jolly Rancher popsicle. Great choices. So messy!
It got cloudy that afternoon so we decided to go to the IMAX and see Beauty and the Beast. It truly was my childhood brought to life. I had very low expectations but Disney knocked it out of the park.
After the movie, we lost Tommy because he disappeared into the arcade section. He really wanted to play the shooting jurassic world game. I wasn't too excited about this but as you can see, Andrew definitely was! :)
We tried to leave but realized Charlotte was upset because she wanted to play the motorcycle game. She was throwing a major pity party. I just couldn't say no.
She was so happy to be hot rodding on that thing. Haha!! I just wanted to get through it so I pressed a bunch of buttons to get it started. Turns out, I had selected a hot rod leather clad dominatrix biker babe. HAHA!!
She finished the race somehow (with a little help from dada). This is her 9th place award. Lovely. :)
But you couldn't beat that smile when she was done. She absolutely loved it. Worth the wait!
Stay tuned for vacation adventures in part 2 and 3!
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