Mini-vacation
Well, we're back from our little get away :) Though we did cut it short a little bit cause Paul got tickets to the circus through his work, so we came home a day early. But that's okay, the kids were a little anxious to get back home anyway. Bailey, even though he enjoyed himself, kept asking to go back home several times a day. And they all really enjoyed the circus ~ while I enjoyed visiting with a friend :)
After picking up Paul's car in Hattiesburg, we spent time down at the shore and stayed in a nice little jacuzzi suite that had an indoor pool. We took the kids down to the pier and watched a boat for awhile, then we let them play in the sand. Only Madison wanted to touch the water so we let her touch the water with her toes like mommy. She loved it and wanted to play in it some more but that's as much as we were willing to let her do.
We also visited the Oceanarium in Gulfport. That was pretty neat. Madison and Bailey got their pictures made with Kalaka the Sea Lion kissing them (well actually just putting her head on top of their heads). Kalaka is a famous movie star --- she was in the movie "Andre." It's a cute little movie if you haven't seen it. The Oceanarium is different than other dolphin, sea lion and parrot shows at the zoos, Sea World, etc. We actually got to play with the dolphins by throwing them balls and they would throw them back at you.
There was also a huge tank full of all sorts of marine life. The children loved looking in it and watching a giant sea turtle eat right in front of them. They also loved the funny looking shark that had what appeared to be a chainsaw for a mouth! We watched a diver feed this shark one fish at a time. It was almost like a magic show cause all the sudden the fish would disappear. Obviously the shark ate it, but how is the question to be answered!!
Last but not least there was a touch tank. Bailey was soooo excited to touch fish but when it came time to put his hand down in the water he froze! After I showed them how safe it was to touch, Madison did it. Bailey then decided he wanted to touch something but not something alive, so I had to show him the rocks weren't alive and he finally touched those so that we could leave.
We then made our way up to Montgomery so that we wouldn't have to get up and leave quite so early like we would if we stayed on the coast. Again we stayed in a jacuzzi suite with an indoor pool. We swam for a long time before heading back to the room where the kids "swam" in the jacuzzi for a while.
Both of our suites had sleeper sofas and the kids slept in their sleeping bags on them. They wanted to go "fire camping" so bad, so we made it be 'indoor camping' instead - which satisfied them ---- for the time being ;)
We finally headed out around noon and parted ways in LaGrange where Paul took the kids to the circus - all three of them by himself! - and I headed up 27 to see some friends! Anyway, we enjoyed out little excursion even if it wasn't as long as previously planned :)
After picking up Paul's car in Hattiesburg, we spent time down at the shore and stayed in a nice little jacuzzi suite that had an indoor pool. We took the kids down to the pier and watched a boat for awhile, then we let them play in the sand. Only Madison wanted to touch the water so we let her touch the water with her toes like mommy. She loved it and wanted to play in it some more but that's as much as we were willing to let her do.
We also visited the Oceanarium in Gulfport. That was pretty neat. Madison and Bailey got their pictures made with Kalaka the Sea Lion kissing them (well actually just putting her head on top of their heads). Kalaka is a famous movie star --- she was in the movie "Andre." It's a cute little movie if you haven't seen it. The Oceanarium is different than other dolphin, sea lion and parrot shows at the zoos, Sea World, etc. We actually got to play with the dolphins by throwing them balls and they would throw them back at you.
There was also a huge tank full of all sorts of marine life. The children loved looking in it and watching a giant sea turtle eat right in front of them. They also loved the funny looking shark that had what appeared to be a chainsaw for a mouth! We watched a diver feed this shark one fish at a time. It was almost like a magic show cause all the sudden the fish would disappear. Obviously the shark ate it, but how is the question to be answered!!
Last but not least there was a touch tank. Bailey was soooo excited to touch fish but when it came time to put his hand down in the water he froze! After I showed them how safe it was to touch, Madison did it. Bailey then decided he wanted to touch something but not something alive, so I had to show him the rocks weren't alive and he finally touched those so that we could leave.
We then made our way up to Montgomery so that we wouldn't have to get up and leave quite so early like we would if we stayed on the coast. Again we stayed in a jacuzzi suite with an indoor pool. We swam for a long time before heading back to the room where the kids "swam" in the jacuzzi for a while.
Both of our suites had sleeper sofas and the kids slept in their sleeping bags on them. They wanted to go "fire camping" so bad, so we made it be 'indoor camping' instead - which satisfied them ---- for the time being ;)
We finally headed out around noon and parted ways in LaGrange where Paul took the kids to the circus - all three of them by himself! - and I headed up 27 to see some friends! Anyway, we enjoyed out little excursion even if it wasn't as long as previously planned :)
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