Beach Vacation

We took a little 4 day vacation to the beach. It was just the 3 of us. Usually we vacation/travel with friends, family or its just Robbie & me. But this time, we just went as a family of 3.  I love going to the beach in September, because it is still warm, but the summer crowd has left. We had such a wonderful time!

 

Day 1 - The weather was perfect! Unfortunately, it was a red flag day, so we wouldn't let Jake get in the water past his waist and one of us had to be right there beside him. This child is scared of 90% of everything. But when he loves something, he loves it. He loves waves. He could care less if they were hitting him in the face, knocking him over. (But yet he cries if any water gets in his eyes when I wash his hair.) He doesn't care that much about playing in the sand, but he loves being in the water. 

Jake & Daddy

 

Stop taking pictures!

Just a little mid-day nap



That night, Granddad Jake & GG Kathy drove over from Niceville to Seaside to meet us for dinner. Loved getting to hang out with them in a smaller group. Usually its a big group of people when we all get to see each other, so it was nice to get some one-on-one time with them. We ate at Bud & Alley's and then walked over & had some ice cream for dessert.

Granddad Jake & Jake

Jake & GG Kathy

 

Daddy & Jake

Day 2 - Still beautiful weather, but still a red flag. No worries! We still had a great time. We had no dinner plans that night, so we spent ALL DAY at the beach. It was WONDERFUL!

Practicing his modeling poses

Playing a little beach baseball with Daddy

Just a little beach nap

We enjoyed a beautiful beach sunset

 

 Day 3 - We were at the beach, so of course it had to rain at some point. We knew it was going to rain all day Saturday, so we planned some inside activities. We took Jake to an arcade (which he calls the game store). Then we came back, watched football & ordered a pizza. Even rainy, it was a great day.

My mom gave Jake a bag of beach goodies.
Thankfully, a fun pad was included it.
It entertained Jake all day in his "secret hideout*" while he watched movies.
*Which secret hideout = top bunk

Just hanging out on the balcony

Last time we were down, we saw an alligator in the water across from my parent's condo. Jake had been asking to see him again. Thankfully, the alligator made an appearance!

 

 Day 4 - The morning started out rainy, but as soon as it cleared up, we headed to the beach one last time.

Walking on the boardwalk from my parent's condo to the beach

We decided to go for a walk down the beach. There was this huge pool of water in the middle of the beach that looked like a pond. It was only about ankle deep, so Robbie & I were walking on the edge of it. Jake freaked out. He refused to come close to it. It was the most ridiculous thing. He loves to go out in the ocean & get knocked over by waves, but won't stand in ankle deep calm water. Being the frustrated great parents we are, we made him put his feet in the water.

He was not happy about it

Of course once he did walk over to it, he thought it was neat. No more tears.

But he was much happier to be standing on the ocean's edge

That night, we had a wonderful dinner in Rosemary Beach to celebrate Robbie's birthday one day early. Happy 35th Birthday Robbie! 

 

Good-bye beach! We had a great time!!