Miss Priss and the All you can eat buffet…. Well, that pretty much sums up our kid’s vacation! Miss Priss (Emma Tucker) loved the beach, but she sure didn’t want to get dirty. The first day she almost had a fit when her water shoes got sand on them. She would stick them in the water to rinse them off and immediately try to stand in the sand but needless to say they would get dirty again. She continued with this pattern until she decided to just sit in someone’s lap. We took a kiddie pool down on the beach and Emma Tucker would play in it, but we had to pick her up to get her out. Miss Priss would clap her hands and then hold up her arms for you to pick her up. The boys on the other hand just saw the beach as an all you can eat buffet! Every time we would turn around we saw the boys with a sandy mouth. I would have to say the favorite place to play was the indoor pool and Mom and Dad would have to agree. It is a lot of work to go down to the beach with three little ones. It would take us three trips down to the beach to get everything down there we would possibly need. As we drove in on Wednesday, we took the kids to the Gulf Beach Zoo. We quickly learned a lesson…. Never go to the zoo in the summer. It was hotter than hell and it didn’t smell very appealing. We only stayed about an hour. On Saturday night we took the kids to Lulu’s Restaurant. That was my favorite place we went to in Orange Beach. The atmosphere was awesome and it is a great place for kids. This week Brandon and I reaffirmed our belief about not having alcohol around kids. Brandon made strawberry daiquiris (virgin) and when Emma Tucker walked into the condo she went nuts! She has never seen a blender or an daiquiri but she knew she wanted what was in the blender. She wouldn’t do anything until she had some. I finally put some into a sippy for her and she even took it into the tub with her. At Lulu’s Emma Tucker also wanted mom’s pina colado. Once again it was a good thing is was virgin b/c she loved it! She is definitely my daughter… She hates getting dirty and loves fruity drinks! We also took her into a souvenir shop and all she wanted to do was try on shoes. She could care less about the toys, but loves the shoes! Once again… my daughter! Today Brandon said she is exactly the way he figured my daughter would be… likes her clothes but still has her scraped up knees.
The boys were great down here also. They slept well and enjoyed them themselves everywhere we went. They loved chillin and floating in the pools. Today we ate lunch at Lambert’s on the way out and Will thought he had died and gone to heaven when he got some table food. I wish I could have captured his smile every time he would put some food in his mouth. His whole face lit it. It was priceless. However, I guess in the end they were not ready for it… both boys threw up at the table after we fed them. No big deal… just another lunch with the Myhand clan. We are riding home now and we hope the kids cooperate. If so… vacation definitely agrees with my kids!