The boys have talked about going back to the beach since we left last year. They wanted to stay in the same condo, eat at the same restaurants, go to the same venues...what can I say? They are creatures of habit!
Moms of littles....y'all. I have some words of encouragement. You WILL get there! I promise. Our first years at the beach were hard. It was full of chasing kids, lathering the constantly with sunscreen, temper tantrums on the beach, kids refusing to eat out, exhausted kids but more exhausted adults. Your time will come!!
Our kids were so independent this year at the beach. This trip can be clearly defined at the Skimboard and Sandcrab year. There was no shortage of these two activities.
Evan even 'taught' this sweet little girl how to skimboard.
After dinner strolls were some of favorite times.
Our food was amazing, yet again. We tried out a couple new restaurants but kept some old favorites on the rotation. Whiskey Bravo was a new one that we will definitely be back to!
The Hub, Perfect Pig, Grayton Brewery, Old Florida Fish House will OF COURSE always be on the list!
We somehow started telling each other riddles at dinner while waiting for our food. I don't even remember how it started, but each time we sat down the boys would ask me for a new riddle. Most I had to look up on my phone. One evening, the boys asked our server if he knew any good riddles. He pulled a chair out and started in on one of the most elaborate riddles I've heard. He gets to the end and simply stands up, pushes in the chair to go help his other diners. The boys thought it over and solved the riddle. As soon as they gave him an answer, he launched into a new one. I have NEVER seen anyone pull out two complicated amazing riddles like that. More importantly, the time he spent with the boys was above and beyond!
There was a hurricane on its way into town. There were two days of double red flags. This meant no one was allowed in the water. On the second day of double red, they didn't even set out the beach chairs. That was okay because the weather was still nice. We headed into Panama City Beach for an afternoon of money spending fun.
We also got to meet up with some friends who actually live in the same state. I mean, when you have to drive 8 hours to see friends who live 3 hours away....
And of course, there was a ton of awesome beach time.
And if you don't handstand on the beach, were you really even there?
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