Vacation Days 5&6

I'm finally getting around to finished our vacation posts. I'm hoping as I look at pictures it will help me remember what we did lol, During the day we did our normal playing in the water. We started out at Aqualand and ended up going on the beach for a little bit. Maddy wanted to try going out to the water again, so we stood in the water until it splashed us in the face. I was amazed at just how strong the waves were. There was no way I could have taken her out further. She enjoyed just watching the water and feeling it get her legs.  Thursday morning she had to make sure baby was dressed. The video is a bit long but she works on dressing baby until she suceeded.

There were storms brewing out at sea and I was able to capture what I think is a neat picture.

I was surprised at how far away the storm looked from the radar compared to how close it looked in real person. Maddy was asleep when I took this picture.

As you can see she really enjoyed her naps lol. She woke up around 4 p.m. so we just went straight to dinner. We ate at Scampy's again and got the exact same thing we did the first time, but added an order of fried pickles...yum yum! After dinner we went back to the hotel and chilled out. We got to bed around 11 p.m. I can't remember what time we woke up Friday morning. I want to say around 6:50 or 7:00 a.m. By this point in the trip I think Maddy was beyond ready to be home as well as just plum exhausted. It was very frustrating at the pool because all the kids would try to "play" with her toys. She did not like that and I really didn't either because they wouldn't play with her, they took her toys and played with other people. Maddy doesn't like a lot of water so she was already limited in what she could play with.

We did take advantage of her eating free and ate at the poolside grill. I went ahead and got a fruit bowl so hers would be free. She loved the fruit.

We also had a little visitor come visit us.

After a few hours of playing it was time to go lay down. Maddy actually told me she was ready to lay down which shocked the pants off of me. We carried our food to the room to save for later. As usual we took her wet bathing suit off and left her in just a diaper to curl up in the bed with. She LOVED sleeping like that.

For dinner I tried taking us to Pineapple Willy's. I love to eat there because of the atmosphere. It is an outdoor restaurant on a pier and it's just a nice view. I wasn't thinking about it being Friday, which meant even the locals would be going there because of the bar and other activities they hold. The first parking lot was full so I decided to try the additional parking lot and IT was full. I decided it just wasn't worth it so I had to figure out something else. Luckily I had my GPS and had some restaurants plugged in. We ended up at Deadeye Dick's Steakhouse. It's a rather odd restaurant with odd food. The feel was like a Texas Roadhouse, but the menu is just weird. Maddy ordered her first cocktail and it was called Shark Attack. It was real neat because they bring this cup out with a shark sticking out of the drink with a cherry in it's mouth. They have the kids pull the cherry out and then turn the shark over and this red juice stuff comes out to make it look like blood. Maddy actually did a little of it and seemed to enjoy it. She got to keep the shark.

This is an odd picture I know, but the shark attack description is on the very bottom and you can kind of see the picture beside it. All the other kids around us got the same drink so it must be popular with the kids.

Maddy had pizza and I had a 12 oz ribeye. I wanted to look around in their gift shop when we were done but we still had to buy gifts for everybody and Maddy was already having some issues during dinner. I figured I better save the shopping for a little later. We went to Alvin's Island. It was a 3 story store and I wished I had known because I kept her in her stroller. I knew there was no way she would survive without the stroller. We started the shopping off with a rough start. I was trying to find a visor my mom wanted and in the mean time Maddy managed to get herself out of her stroller and took off running. She was running so fast that even with me running I could not see her. The store is on the main road and it honestly scared me to death. I finally caught up to her and she thought it was funny. This mommy did NOT think it was funny and actually received her very first spanking. I know the issue of spanking is a huge topic/debate and I will admit that I am against spanking. I don't think it should be the first option and it needs to be done a certain way and you have to make sure it's not abuse. I understand all of that. I did not publicly spank her because I don't believe in humiliating them. It was one pop and she didn't even cry. After that her attitude did an about face. She was getting restless and I understood because it was taking me forever to find what I needed/wanted. On our way back to the hotel I was in tears because I did have to spank her and just wanted to grab her up and tell her sorry. I did explain why she got the spanking and told her I loved her. When we got back to the hotel she was a completely different child. I had to call my mom because I was about to lose it. That has been her only spanking. Once we got back to the hotel she watched the polynesian dance and fire show and I packed. I was sad our time was coming to an end but at the same time I was ready to get back home. On our way home on Saturday I stopped at a rest area and thought the scenery was beautiful. 

As always Maddy did exceptionally well in the car. We were so glad to be home. I am already thinking about next year and really hope I can figure out a way to squeeze in a vacation for us. I am going to try to save most of my tax money for two years in a row to try to save for a newer car, but that means giving up vacation and I don't know if I can lol. I'm praying the Lord will allow me to do both.