4th Fun 2016 Edition

 

The way the 4th fell this year, we were in town for the 4th of July parade.

We watched it from the lot in town, and the girls walked with Grammy to help campaign for Mr. E in the superintendent race.

Tucker enjoyed everything about the parade, but especially when Smokey the Bear came riding through on a low-boy with a bull-dozer. It was the highlight for sure. Imagine that.  

After the parade, we went to dinner with my parents and then home to get the kids in bed. It had been a long day, so we skipped out on the fireworks this year.

Saturday morning we got up and headed over to the beach.

The kids couldn’t get their suits on fast enough and head for the water!

We ate lunch on the beach and spent the afternoon playing in the sand, ocean, and pool. After naps, we went to dinner at the Port Orange Steakhouse. It’s a favorite of ours, and didn’t disappoint. Tucker, however, did. Oh my gosh, he’s never been that bad at a restaurant before. I literally got up twice and just took him outside to walk around. While there are times that I’m a little sad our baby years are over, NOTHING about me will miss the terrible twos. Ha. He’s so dang cute, though, it’s almost impossible to get mad with him. ;)

After dinner, the big guys were off to the races. Nie-Nie did the drop off and Krispy Kreme pick up, while we hit the Ron Jon Surf Shop to find a beach toy Van had seen that morning on the beach. It’s called Surfer Dude, and from the sounds of it, we needed one.

Sunday was another day on the beach… We sent Surfer Dude out into the ocean to see if he’d really ride the waves back in…and he DID! So fun!

That evening it was Mellow Mushroom for dinner. Pappy & Nie-Nie went home after dinner, but we stayed behind for another night of fun. First we hit Putt-Putt golf. We’ve never taken the kids before, and the girls are definitely at a fun age for it. Tucker was not feeling Putt-Putt. In all fairness, he wasn’t feeling 100% and I think that had a lot to with it.

After Putt-Putt, we hit Cow Licks for ice cream and quarter rides. Ice cream and quarter rides can work wonders.

I was in the Hallmark store the night before during mine & Tucker’s during-dinner walk, and found the Bean-Boozled Jellybeans. I’d heard about them, and thought it would be a fun game to play with the family. We didn’t have the box with the spinner, so we just dumped them all out on the coffee table and picked colors. It was hysterical and disgusting. I threw up twice while we (more like they) played. I only bit into one, but when I smelled the other ones I was literally sick. It was so gross. HOW can they make a jelly bean smell just like rotten cheese, but you can’t smell it until it has been bitten? Crazy.

3 little loves happy their Aunt Kels stayed with us

The next day we swam and played on the beach a little and then packed up and headed home.

It was another fantastic Fourth.

~amw~