We had a very successful trip down in the car from Atlanta to Daytona Beach on Tuesday. We left around 9:30a and arrived about 7:30p. We had 4 stops, two of which were quick gas and bathroom stops.
Here we stopped just over the boarder of Florida and had some fresh Florida orange juice. Jack loved it! We spent about an hour here letting Jack run around and get his wiggles out, which gave me a chance to feed Ethan and let him roll around on the grass and get his wiggles out, too!!
It was dark when we arrived, but we still had to check out the ocean. Jack wasn't quite sure what to make of it but since we've now seen it in the daytime, we go out each night and say goodnight to the ocean.
While we are on vacation, as you can see, I'm still busy checking out my coupons! I can't go to the grocery store without first checking what's on sale and how I can get the best deal. It's much harder to do when you're picking foods to eat for a two week trip, as opposed to stocking up your pantry at home. But still, I try to do the best I can. Every penny saved on food is a penny to spend on the fun stuff!
There's no carpet in our room so I have to be careful about not letting Ethan sit unless I'm right there, as he still does occasionally fall backward, but as you can see, he still loves to play on his belly. Although, these days he's mostly trying to push up on his hands and knees.
You looking at me?
Just chilling out, Mom!
There is a park that we've been taking the boys to every afternoon as a break in the day. Jack has been having a blast playing on the toys and today was having fun playing some kind of game with two other kids that were there. Hard to believe this was my shy, cling to mommy boy.
Jack LOVES this little car. It's the first thing he runs to when we get to the park. Daytona 500, here he comes.
Jack and I made it to the beach today for a few minutes. He wasn't too sure about getting his toes in the water, but he brought his shovel and was digging little holes all the way to the shore and back.
Both boys have been having a blast playing with Nana and Grandad. In fact, they've been playing so hard that they were both in bed asleep at 8pm. Of course, they have also been waking up between 6 and 6:30a. Not the vacation Mommy had in mind. I' hoping that now that we've been here for a couple days we'll start waking up at our normal hour of 7 or 7:30a. Fingers crossed.
Jack and I hit the pool for a little bit this afternoon while Ethan took his nap. Jack was having fun climbing down the stairs, swimming to me, swimming to the wall, climbing up, running to the stairs and doing it all over again. I'm looking forward to Daddy being here next week so that they can play longer in the water. While the pool is heated, it's still pretty windy and shady back here and I got pretty cold after about half an hour or so.
Drying off on a chair made just for Jack!
What a great trip we're having so far. Lucky little boys to have Nana and Grandad's timeshare so close enough to travel to so they can spend some time together.
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