WEDNESDAY MAY 4TH
On our last day of this ultra-short vacation, we woke up to some windy and slightly chilly weather. Definitely not a hang at the beach or pool kind of day! We woke up kind of late and were slow to get moving. DS let us know he wanted to watch some of his favorite show,
Sesame Street!
Then we had a little fun putting his hat on him and taking some silly pictures because he is just so cute!!
When we looked out from the balcony, it seemed like the tide was pretty low, so we decided to go take a walk down the beach to look for some seashells that might have washed up overnight to take home as a souvenir for Paxton from his first vacation. We got ourselves dressed and strapped DS into the carrier with Mommy this time.
Our view that morning
DS actually fell asleep while we were walking, but we didn't end up walking too far because the wind was blowing so badly that the sand was hitting us like crazy and I was worried about it getting in his face and eyes. We managed to collect plenty of pretty shells for him to take home though, so our brief walk on the beach was a success!
After going back to the room and feeding DS, it was time for DH and I to eat some lunch! We looked at a bunch of restaurants, but we ended up heading back to Pier Park again because they just had so much to choose from that we wanted to try, and we hadn't gotten into very many of the shops we had wanted to the day before.
We picked Red Brick Pizza for lunch. We ordered our pizzas at the counter and they brought them to our table. It was pretty crowded in there because we showed up right at lunch time, but we didn't have a problem grabbing a table. The pizzas were delicious! They were made in brick ovens so they were crispy and the cheese was all melty and stretchy. SO yummy!
DS was a little jealous that he didn't have his own drink, so he tried to steal DH's!
After lunch, we headed out into the shops! As if we needed to spend any more money... lol But if I remember right, we really only spent money at the Carter's Outlet store getting DS more outfits. They had some really cute stuff there! We also got a disposable styrofoam ice chest from Target and looked around there awhile. We went to a couple different stores, like a flip flop store, an Aeropostale outlet, and some others but didn't get anything else, except we might have gotten our painted sand dollar magnet this day. We always buy a magnet when we go on vacation, and this one was no different! They had some great stores with children's clothes, but OMG they were expensive!! Like $35 for one jumper than he will maybe fit in for a couple more months?! I don't think so!!
Also while we were walking around, we checked out the menus at some of the sit-down restaurants in Pier Park to figure out where we wanted to eat dinner. We looked a quite a few places, but ended up deciding on Margaritaville anyway, even though we eat at those all over the place. The seafood restaurants were just all way too expensive for fish we can get at home for a lot cheaper.
DS snoozed in the umbrella stroller for most of our shopping, so by the time we got back to the resort, he was raring to go and I was exhausted! I tried to take a nap, but DH had DS out on the balcony while there was a dance party going on down at the pool right below our room, and I was distracted by baby giggles! So I gave up on the nap and joined them on the balcony to enjoy DS having a GREAT time!
All too soon, it was time to get ready for dinner so that we could get back at a decent time and pack up.
We arrived at Margaritaville and were seated immediately on the second floor near the balcony looking down over the main dining room.
While waiting for our food, they had a pirate on stilts walking around making balloon animals and swords for the kids on our level. I was a little disappointed he didn't come make anything for DS, but I guess we didn't really need one for him anyway.
Waiting for dinner
DS had a good ole' time flirting with the waitresses again tonight, and they had a good time playing peek-a-boo with him around the corner. lol It kept him entertained while we ate at least. DH had the Cheeseburger in Paradise, and I had a delicious steak with mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables. Mmmmm, I could go for that right about now!
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