We woke up this morning and waited very patiently for Momma to make her way downstairs and for Daddy to run back home. We pawed some of the time by being big helpers with cupcake baking and egg cracking. Once we we all assembled, we wished Momma a Happy Mother’s Day with a card, a detail for her car, and lots of love. Then, we topped it off a late McDonalds breakfast…yummy.
The next phase of the day was to make our way north to Riley and Taylor’s house for Mother’s Day and Uncle Manata’s birthday cookout. We instantly jumped in to cousin-playtime mode and we all over the house and back yard all afternoon. The adults couldn’t figure out what we were doing, but we had a very specific and carefully scripted scene to play out. Speaking of cousins, we saw Mitchell for a second day in a row and he worked right in to all of the kid fun. He even got his own marshmallow gun from Gigi and, with a little coaching, got the hang of it!
I hope Uncle Manata got everything he wanted for his 48th birthday and the Mommies & Grandmommies know how much we love them and everything they do for us!
Our last day in Florida started with Daddy, Parks, and I eating breakfast at McDonald’s while Momma caught a few more zzzz’s on what looked like to be a rainy soggy day. When we got back to the hotel room, there was much discussion about what to do since it wasn’t looking like a Sunny Florida Beach Day. We decided to hit Ron Jon’s Surf Shop again and then head out to the beach…sun, clouds, rain, whatever!! It was a good call, because about 10 minutes after claiming our spot on a pretty empty beach, the sun came out in full force! Because of all the previous rain, the waves were really rolling in today. In fact, the lifeguard station was flying the red flag which made perfect conditions for surfers and boogie boarders…like me! I was really catching some great waves and would have loved to share the video of some of my awesome runs with you, but Momma went and lost the camera with about 150 pictures and a few awesome movies on it!! So you’ll just have to trust me…I was really shreddin’ out there!
After many hours at the beach, we said goodbye and went back to the hotel for a last dip in our super awesome pool. Momma could see that Parks had had enough fun in the sun, so they headed back to the hotel room while Daddy and I took in all the pool fun we could!
Since tonight was our last night, we had to find one last super fun place to eat. The restaurant of choice was Coconuts on the Beach. Parker and I shared a fancy drink with our chicken fingers and pretzel sticks. We capped off the evening with some ice cream from Ice Cream Junction before heading back to the hotel to start packing for our LONG drive home. Thanks, Florida, for another awesome spring break!
Spring Break – Day 5
Daddy started the day with a 5 mile run that turned into a 9 mile run when he got lost! No worries…he showed up back at the hotel and ready to roll to the B-E-A-C-H around 9:30! We hopped in the car and headed south to I Dream of Jeanie Parkway and found a parking spot right under a palm tree. A quick stroll out to the beach, and we settled in for four and a half hours of fun in the sun! We dug holes in the sand, boogie boarded, fished with our sand buckets, ate lunch, people watched, and got burnt! Everyone is presently a nice shade of pink…all but Daddy! Even I am pretty baked!
After cleaning ourselves up, we headed to historic downtown Cocoa Village, Florida. This part of town reminded us a little of St. Augustine, FL with all the little shops and boutiques. But most importantly, we were able to get Daddy the ice cream he hadn’t stopped talking about since we started our spring break!
On our way back over to Cocoa Beach, we stopped at a dinosaur shop/museum for Little Buddy. It was a huge store full of fossils, sharks’ teeth, dinosaur stuff, and dino silly putty. That’s what Buddy bought. Dinoputty. I even spotted him the money for it!!
We finished off our evening with a visit to the famous Cocoa Beach Pier to check out the local hot spot. Momma read somewhere that the waves were bigger there and she was right! We watched some boys surf for a little bit and some others try to boogie board. We ate some grub at Marlin’s and then back to our hotel to get some rest and be ready for another day of adventure!