OK, I am finally getting around to blogging more about my vacation. After I recovered from my violent but short-lived illness, the rest of the vacation was awesome! The kids loved the beach and Tom and I rotated taking them out in the water to body surf while the other would stay with Sam. After that first day, we never dragged the wading pool, beach toys, snacks, and towels to the beach. Despite all the research I had done to the contrary on taking small children to the beach, I discovered that my kids were happiest playing in the water and didn't want all that other stuff. It helped that our condo was right on the beach so we could run back and forth if needed. So, yeah, more unnecessary stuff I packed. Each evening we went into town for dinner and to explore. We ate at some great places (Dewey Destin and AJ's) and some not so great (The Back Porch and Fuddpuckers).
We did end up doing the dolphin cruise. I envisioned it being one of those big, two desk ships I had seen in the water that said "dolphin cruise" on the side, but the one we booked was this small boat and no life jackets were issued, even though the driver was insane and the waves were crazy. The driver (pilot? boat commander? I don't know my nautical terms) flew through the water, the spray soaking us and the boat at times full on air-ridden. I thought for sure we would capsize and I was trying to strategize how to rescue all three kids. Ellie and Jack were simultaneously terrified and thrilled. The crazy part was the only time Sam wasn't crying. When the boat was going slow so we could look at dolphins, he cried the whole time because he wanted to be free to crawl around the boat or climb over the side and throw himself into the ocean. At one point, the captain (captain!), let all the kids come drive. Ellie didn't want to, but Jack did and loved it.
I was sad when our four days were up and it was time to go, but I was so excited about the surprise we had in store for the kids...a trip to Orlando to go to Universal's Islands of Adventure, specifically, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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