Our annual waste-of-a-summer-vacation-week, aka, mid-Fall break, came in mid-September, and like the rest of Georgia we high-tailed it to Florida.
The funny thing about our school breaks is that everyone heads south to either the beaches or Disney World. It's almost comical how everyone makes a break for it, but if you lived only a few hours away from the beach, you'd take off too!!
We stayed at our favorite hotel in Miramar Beach, FL -- just outside of Destin and spent four days in the ocean, pool and playing in town.
The boys had the pool to themselves the first night.
The hotel is directly across the street from the beach, with it's own access, so off we marched with all our sand and beach toys!
It took Ethan a bit to warm up to the idea of the ocean, so he did his favorite thing - played under his towel.
Sand castles got started...
But the water was calling.
Jack got a skimboard and had a lot of fun learning how to use it.
He got very frustrated too!!
A happy mommy beach selfie!!
Wyatt had fun with the boogie boards!
Jason caught a crab.
After getting too much sun in the morning, we dried off, had some lunch and then headed into town to play! Wyatt was dying to play put-put golf.
Even Ethan had fun!
The next day we were back out at the beach and we couldn't get Ethan out of the water this time. He loved the boogie board and just swimming on his own. What a difference a couple of years make!
When it got too hot and we got too burned, we headed back inside to dry off and head out on another adventure. This time, back to Ft. Pickens, which we had visited on another trip to the beach a couple years back.
The boys all loved it.
And Ethan especially loved matching up the pictures in the guide book to the actual spot in the Fort.
We headed out the morning of our last day, but not before stopping to let Jason do a little kite boarding. It was fun to finally get to watch him do it -- it has been a new hobby for him since he spends so much time for work in Miami.
If we have to take a week off from school then we might as well make the most of it. Thanks Florida beaches for another good time!
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