Florida - Washout Wednesday

On Wednesday morning, we woke up and the tide had turned.  There were double red flags, indicating it wasn't safe to get in the ocean--the waves were really high.  It had been raining during the night, but stopped mid-morning.  We thought this would be the perfect day to do a little shopping in Seaside.  Have lunch on the beach.  We got to Seaside and then it began to rain.  We had no umbrellas, because who remembers to bring those when you're going to the beach?  Not me!

Lila bought this fancy purse, J bought that strange candy he's holding and Maddie bought some shells.  After that, they were over shopping.  We stayed decently dry, but the kids just weren't having it.  They were miserable going in and out of these stores.  It was starting to take a toll on all of us, so the dads made a plan.

  They would feed the kids ice cream and let us moms go shop.  A win for all!

"Ice cream with sprinkles on the cone?  Before lunch?  I love that idea!"
We ran into two stores and then came back to much happier children.  Then we walked over to grab lunch across the street.  As we were getting there, it began to really rain.  And Jared was in our car taking a conference call.  And I had to carry Cameron.  And this place was not a sit-down restaurant, which meant we had to stand in the rain to be in line to order our food.  No thanks!  We high-tailed it back to the car.  Showed up soaked.  I told the kids to be super-quiet on our drive home and we made it back with everyone's sanity.

Cami took a nap, the big kids watched a movie and Jared's 30 minute work call turned into 2.5 hours.  But it was monsooning outside, so it was all OK!  Later that afternoon, this guy came out of hiding and we got to hang out:)

The two littlest took good naps and woke up happy.

That night we went out with everyone to Elmo's Grill.  The atmosphere was perfect for us.  Live music and a dance floor that the kids could use to get their wiggles out any time!

Dancing with this sweet girl--I'll take that any night of the week!
Our washout day ended on a high note for sure.