Silent Saturday ~ Random Beach Pics

Our last day on the beach

Our last day at the beach started out a little disappointing.  A lady told us as we walked to our lounge chairs that the jelly fish were terrible.  We stood around for a bit and watched as 5 children were getting stung right in front of us.  I was scared for the kids.  I've been stung before and it is no fun!

So we headed to the pool!  

The kids had a blast jumping and splashing for a few hours.  We had a picnic lunch at the pool and decicded to head to the beach anyway.  Those silly little creatures weren't gonna ruin our last day of sand and sun.

We ended up staying at the beach for most of the afternoon.  The life guard said he treated about 50 people with jelly fish stings.  He had white wine vinegar in a spray bottle and he'd spray them to stop the burn!

Layla was so worried about the jelly fish.  She dug her own hole and filled it with water.  She had a blast!

Her own little hot-tub!

All in all we had the best trip ever!!

We have been wanting to take the kids to Hibachi for months, but we just haven't made the time.

What a better time to introduce them to great food than while on vacation!

We seriously had the best time.   The kids tasted every course of the meal, soup, salad, sushi and then of course all the good stuff.  Hayden and Gary split steak, lobster and shrimp and Layla and I split chicken, shrimp and steak. Oh my stars the chef gave me so much rice.  It was crazy, but I couldn't stop eating it.  It was the best rice ever.  The veggies are always my favorite part.  

For dessert we stopped at one of the million souvenir shops and got salt water taffy.  The kids loved it.  We are sad to say goodbye to the beach first thing in the morning, but we must head home to our pups.  Gary still has 4 days off after we get home.  We are excited about sleeping in our own bed and getting a few things done around the house.  It will be great to get caught up on laundry before Gary heads back to work on Tuesday. 

We are packing in the activites!

Layla started her day with a trip down the water slide before heading to the beach.  Hayden followed her up there, but he turned around and walked back down.  He is super cautious about some things and other things he's wild and crazy.  Layla sure had fun sliding, but we really just wanted to hit the beach!

Day 3 at the beach was great!

I created a not so cool castle, but I made up for it with a super cool turtle.  It was all cute and fun until someone stepped on it.  She wasn't even paying attention to my creation and her foot smashed it down to nothing.

We did have a pizza picnic just like I thought we would.  It was delicious!

I love my peeps!

Layla is loving all her shells.  I'm sure she will take a million shells home with her.  She loves to look at them and organize them, but oh the sand.  It's all over our condo!!!

The kids were done with the beach so we headed to the pool to watch them do some tricks.  Layla loves doing cannon balls and cheerleader jumps off the side of the pool.

Our dinner for the evening was at a restaurant Gary visited years ago.  It's called Chestnut Hill.  I'm not an oyster fan, but their Oysters Rockafeller.....amazing.  I ate three oysters.  Hayden felt like he was at a fancy restaurant and he was giggling about holding his pinky up.  He made us laugh!  I love how the kids were really into trying new things this trip.  They have really opened up their minds to try foods I would have never tried at ages 4 (almost 5) and 8.

After our dinner we played Putt-Putt.  We decided it was boys against girls.  Layla scored the highest kid score only a point higher than Hayden.  Gary scored one point higher than me...so we all tied!!!  How crazy is that?  It was tons of fun and a night we won't soon forget!

And that was a busy day...we haven't stopped since we arrived, but we wouldn't have it any other way!