Anc96
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Day 2
We woke up bright and early! Ok.. I woke up bright and early I tried to wake DD up and she asked why I was waking her up so early. It was 6:00am.. its vacation time and were supposed to DO things. She was doing sleeping and I could tell shed be pretty darn grumpy if I tried to get her out of bed now
So I start organizing. I make sure my baggallini has all the essentials. Small wallet (with tickets money credit card), first aid kit, foot kit (mole skin, little scissors, file), lots of singles for tipping,, quarters for meters and pressed pennies, shiny pennies for pressing, pen, notepad, phone book, cell phone, OFF bug repellent, the wonder-why-they-havent-thought-of-this-before continuous sunscreen spray by Coppertone, Tylenol, allerest, and I got 2 bottles of water our of the fridge and popped a bottle of water inside and in the outside net. After I added my WDW-fold-up-into-a-pocket-rain jacket.. and DDs, I couldnt fit another thing in it! I put on my
and it seemed comfy enough. Gotta love them!
I poked DD again, she just turned away and kept sleeping. So I took a quick
.. did my makeup (yes.. I do it every day no matter where I am!) and got dressed.
Now it was time. It was almost 8. So I opened the curtains wide which caused DD to turn the other way and put the pillow over her head. I was very patient because I knew she had a long exhausting day the day before but it's time to get over it! I plucked the pillow off her head and told her its time to get up NOW.
She knows that tone too.. so she sits up and looks adorably Sleepy and Grumpy! Id prefer another dwarf and tried for Happy, but after she practically fell out of bed being tangled up in the sheets, I saw I had gotten Dopey instead. She untangled herself and asked me to make her hot cocoa while she used the bathroom, which I did. Then I got the Grumpy face again when I held it away from her because she hadnt brushed her teeth yet. So she brushed and washed and now the hot cocoa was cooled off enough for her to drink. See mommies know what theyre doing!
After a quick breakfast of Enterman's chocolate covered donuts and cereal, we set off in search of someone who could tell us how to get to Cocoa beach
.
A person at the help desk gave us a map and highlighted how to get there. Only 45 minutes! Great!
Stopped at the Starbucks in the lobby for my morning fix before leaving to the parking lot. On the way to the back parking lot you cross a bridge which DD remembered from last year had big fish you could feed. There were turtles in there too. I think she found every one of them, and I found my Happy. I mentally noted to pick up some bread somewhere so she could feed them.
The directions were easy and no traffic to mention, but we had already traveled for over 45 minutes and we werent there yet. DD read the speed limit sign, 70mph. Oh.. I didnt realize that. Maybe I was going too slowly (oh about 55/60) so we werent making good time. Im careful to stay within the speed limit when Im in a rental car out of state err.. I mean ALL the time!
I speed up to 70 ish. A little bit later DD warned me that the police were going to pedal up to me on a bicycle and ticket me for going too slow. That must have been pretty amusing to her because she started giggling I looked down, umm almost doing 60. So I sped up again. I told her to sit back because if she could see the speedometer from her seat she wasnt sitting right. She informed me she had a clear view between the bucket seats. Great, a 9 yr old back seat driver with attitude. I have no idea where she got that from.
Oh.. there, signs for Cocoa beach! I told DD as soon as we got there I was gonna start looking for that bottle! Blank stare. Umm, its an old TV show, a Jeanie, a bottle on a beach. It was really funny about an astronaut she was looking out the window, eyes not focused.. not a bit interested.
Never mind... I think the child just has no sense of humor.
We see a Winn Dixie and pull in so we can pick up a boogie board. We go in and theres only one left.. its Lime Green. I can say I honesty didnt pick up on that until one of the future owners of it told me. How could I not have noticed? Maybe because I was noticing the sales on wine and wine coolers.. looking so colorful and refreshing! But, Im with DD and driving no cool refreshing pretty colored drinks for me . We pay for the boogie board and get to the beach.
Now we pass Ron Jon surf store place its huge! I also know its expensive too! DD said she wanted to go, so I told her if she managed to go more than 3 feet into the water with her boogie board, we can go into Ron Jons and get her something better. She agreed. I knew Id won because although DD is a good swimmer shes hardly ever been in the ocean and she wont go in much past her calves. Not sure what shes afraid of
We pass the pay parking lots they have along the beach (come on now? Do the people who live there pay ya think?) and go down the side streets with houses and apartments, and find a perfect spot to park without paying a fortune. There are meters and it only cost $1.25 for 2.5 hours of parking. Theres a boardwalk path that leads to a really pretty beach, and its hardly crowded at all!
We find a nice spot sorry backspace, I find a nice spot after Im done following the trail of DDs clothes shes flinging off as shes running to the water. I get my camera and try to figure out how Im gonna go in the water and take pics. This is my new camera, Im going to be really careful.
DDs having a ball.. she loves the water. But shes not going in too far surprise. I even tried to encourage her by reminding her Id get her something at Ron Jons. She said she really likes her boogie board and shes happy where she is. Ok with me.
Were having a nice time for about 40 minutes, and DD points out the very dark clouds coming our way.
DD: I hope it doesnt rain.
ME: Well it probably will. But this is Florida honey. Itll sprinkle a bit and itll be over. We wont even have to leave the beach.
DD smiles at me. Im glad Im so smart and I can comfort my DD with my all my infinite knowledge!
Cell phone rings.. Its bf. Hes glad were having a great time (especially since he contributed a lot towards it!).. were gabbing a little and Im watching DD. Oh, here comes those little sprinkles .. teehee. I knew it! I was telling bf that it was sprinkling and would probably rain a bit.. but he couldnt understand the gargling sounds I was making as I was trying to spit the water out of my mouth because the sky had literally opened up and someone was hosing me down!
DD came running to me grabbing out in front of herself because she couldnt see anything. I held onto her for dear life! I shoved the phone down the front of my swimsuit since it was the quickest place to put it (very glad it wasnt a 2 piece).. I have no idea if bf was still on it at the time. My new camera followed the phone down (it was NEW! I couldnt let it get wet!), I grabbed everything and rolled it into a ball. I tried desperately to see through my waterproof mascara, which apparently wasnt typhoon proof because it was leaking all into my eyes. We do the stumbling drunken run over the pretty boardwalk path and towards the car. Im holding the big ball of clothes/towels/ballallini, clutching at my b00bs trying to keep the camera and phone from falling down to the lower area oh yeah.. and trying to hold on to my child too!!
THERE'S THE CAR! I hit the remote and we both dive into the seats like we were bank robbers running from a major heist! I think we were stunned! DDs hair had been wet because she was sitting in the waves and getting soaked. I hadnt gone in that far, but my hair was completely plastered against my head. I was shaking my head like a wet dog, trying to get the water out of my ears (now I know why they shake like that). And we just sat there.
All I could think of was
It was raining so hard we couldnt see out the windows. DD asked if it was going to stop.
HOW THE HECK SHOULD I KNOW WHAT AM I? WEATHER.COM????
(** Please note the above statement was only made in my head**)
More to come... soon(ish)
We woke up bright and early! Ok.. I woke up bright and early I tried to wake DD up and she asked why I was waking her up so early. It was 6:00am.. its vacation time and were supposed to DO things. She was doing sleeping and I could tell shed be pretty darn grumpy if I tried to get her out of bed now
So I start organizing. I make sure my baggallini has all the essentials. Small wallet (with tickets money credit card), first aid kit, foot kit (mole skin, little scissors, file), lots of singles for tipping,, quarters for meters and pressed pennies, shiny pennies for pressing, pen, notepad, phone book, cell phone, OFF bug repellent, the wonder-why-they-havent-thought-of-this-before continuous sunscreen spray by Coppertone, Tylenol, allerest, and I got 2 bottles of water our of the fridge and popped a bottle of water inside and in the outside net. After I added my WDW-fold-up-into-a-pocket-rain jacket.. and DDs, I couldnt fit another thing in it! I put on my
I poked DD again, she just turned away and kept sleeping. So I took a quick
Now it was time. It was almost 8. So I opened the curtains wide which caused DD to turn the other way and put the pillow over her head. I was very patient because I knew she had a long exhausting day the day before but it's time to get over it! I plucked the pillow off her head and told her its time to get up NOW.
She knows that tone too.. so she sits up and looks adorably Sleepy and Grumpy! Id prefer another dwarf and tried for Happy, but after she practically fell out of bed being tangled up in the sheets, I saw I had gotten Dopey instead. She untangled herself and asked me to make her hot cocoa while she used the bathroom, which I did. Then I got the Grumpy face again when I held it away from her because she hadnt brushed her teeth yet. So she brushed and washed and now the hot cocoa was cooled off enough for her to drink. See mommies know what theyre doing!
After a quick breakfast of Enterman's chocolate covered donuts and cereal, we set off in search of someone who could tell us how to get to Cocoa beach
A person at the help desk gave us a map and highlighted how to get there. Only 45 minutes! Great!
Stopped at the Starbucks in the lobby for my morning fix before leaving to the parking lot. On the way to the back parking lot you cross a bridge which DD remembered from last year had big fish you could feed. There were turtles in there too. I think she found every one of them, and I found my Happy. I mentally noted to pick up some bread somewhere so she could feed them.
The directions were easy and no traffic to mention, but we had already traveled for over 45 minutes and we werent there yet. DD read the speed limit sign, 70mph. Oh.. I didnt realize that. Maybe I was going too slowly (oh about 55/60) so we werent making good time. Im careful to stay within the speed limit when Im in a rental car out of state err.. I mean ALL the time!
I speed up to 70 ish. A little bit later DD warned me that the police were going to pedal up to me on a bicycle and ticket me for going too slow. That must have been pretty amusing to her because she started giggling I looked down, umm almost doing 60. So I sped up again. I told her to sit back because if she could see the speedometer from her seat she wasnt sitting right. She informed me she had a clear view between the bucket seats. Great, a 9 yr old back seat driver with attitude. I have no idea where she got that from.
Oh.. there, signs for Cocoa beach! I told DD as soon as we got there I was gonna start looking for that bottle! Blank stare. Umm, its an old TV show, a Jeanie, a bottle on a beach. It was really funny about an astronaut she was looking out the window, eyes not focused.. not a bit interested.
We see a Winn Dixie and pull in so we can pick up a boogie board. We go in and theres only one left.. its Lime Green. I can say I honesty didnt pick up on that until one of the future owners of it told me. How could I not have noticed? Maybe because I was noticing the sales on wine and wine coolers.. looking so colorful and refreshing! But, Im with DD and driving no cool refreshing pretty colored drinks for me . We pay for the boogie board and get to the beach.
Now we pass Ron Jon surf store place its huge! I also know its expensive too! DD said she wanted to go, so I told her if she managed to go more than 3 feet into the water with her boogie board, we can go into Ron Jons and get her something better. She agreed. I knew Id won because although DD is a good swimmer shes hardly ever been in the ocean and she wont go in much past her calves. Not sure what shes afraid of
We pass the pay parking lots they have along the beach (come on now? Do the people who live there pay ya think?) and go down the side streets with houses and apartments, and find a perfect spot to park without paying a fortune. There are meters and it only cost $1.25 for 2.5 hours of parking. Theres a boardwalk path that leads to a really pretty beach, and its hardly crowded at all!
We find a nice spot sorry backspace, I find a nice spot after Im done following the trail of DDs clothes shes flinging off as shes running to the water. I get my camera and try to figure out how Im gonna go in the water and take pics. This is my new camera, Im going to be really careful.
DDs having a ball.. she loves the water. But shes not going in too far surprise. I even tried to encourage her by reminding her Id get her something at Ron Jons. She said she really likes her boogie board and shes happy where she is. Ok with me.
Were having a nice time for about 40 minutes, and DD points out the very dark clouds coming our way.
DD: I hope it doesnt rain.
ME: Well it probably will. But this is Florida honey. Itll sprinkle a bit and itll be over. We wont even have to leave the beach.
DD smiles at me. Im glad Im so smart and I can comfort my DD with my all my infinite knowledge!
Cell phone rings.. Its bf. Hes glad were having a great time (especially since he contributed a lot towards it!).. were gabbing a little and Im watching DD. Oh, here comes those little sprinkles .. teehee. I knew it! I was telling bf that it was sprinkling and would probably rain a bit.. but he couldnt understand the gargling sounds I was making as I was trying to spit the water out of my mouth because the sky had literally opened up and someone was hosing me down!
DD came running to me grabbing out in front of herself because she couldnt see anything. I held onto her for dear life! I shoved the phone down the front of my swimsuit since it was the quickest place to put it (very glad it wasnt a 2 piece).. I have no idea if bf was still on it at the time. My new camera followed the phone down (it was NEW! I couldnt let it get wet!), I grabbed everything and rolled it into a ball. I tried desperately to see through my waterproof mascara, which apparently wasnt typhoon proof because it was leaking all into my eyes. We do the stumbling drunken run over the pretty boardwalk path and towards the car. Im holding the big ball of clothes/towels/ballallini, clutching at my b00bs trying to keep the camera and phone from falling down to the lower area oh yeah.. and trying to hold on to my child too!!
THERE'S THE CAR! I hit the remote and we both dive into the seats like we were bank robbers running from a major heist! I think we were stunned! DDs hair had been wet because she was sitting in the waves and getting soaked. I hadnt gone in that far, but my hair was completely plastered against my head. I was shaking my head like a wet dog, trying to get the water out of my ears (now I know why they shake like that). And we just sat there.
All I could think of was
It was raining so hard we couldnt see out the windows. DD asked if it was going to stop.
HOW THE HECK SHOULD I KNOW WHAT AM I? WEATHER.COM????
(** Please note the above statement was only made in my head**)
More to come... soon(ish)
the dolphins and stingrays at San Diego Sea World, even if I've never been to the one in Orlando (hey, in 7 days, we never even made it off of Disney property!) You must have had a lot of fun!! Jealousy!
Sea World! I'm going to try to take her to Mystic Aquarium before the end of Autumn. A weekend trip. It's no Sea World.. but it's a really nice, interactive aquarium. Very beautiful area too in the Autumn time.
Just love all that dry humor & wit! Keep it coming.... 
we've got 16 days to go.......
)I think she will be one of those kids who grow up to be exactly what they always wanted to be.
Yes your dd seems very bright & intelligent--- even though she couldn't find her way out of bed in the a.m. 
and popcorn 
