The girls were predictably up early and anxious to get started. We wandered the resort a bit to get our bearings. Lauren was begging for the beach so we started there, this time at the private cay. The girls were fast fans of the waves, soft sand, and shells. Mostly finding small pieces or tiny shells. I left for nearly an hour to find sunglasses (for me) and sun shirts (girls). I also grabbed coffee and oatmeal and coffee cake at Starbucks plus my book at the room. Then I tagged Jeff and he left for an hour to go for a run. The girls tried their wetsuits in the ocean and then wanted to try them in a pool. We started at one they could swim in, then meet Jeff near the kiddie pool for lunch and then the girls did the kiddie slides and dump bucket stuff for a while. Jeff and Lauren left to do the raging rapids (lazy river but with waves/fast spots) and Abby asked for a snow cone… first I was annoyed at spending $10 on what they pass as a snow cone, but it was easily 30 min of entertainment for her while she sat in my lap, so I changed my mind to considering it money well spent. I don’t think we’ll be back to the kiddie pool much this week. When Jeff and Lauren got back we moved back to a pool they could swim at and we spent a couple of hours there. I got drinks for Jeff and I. Later I got the girls a mojito to share. We came back to the room for a snack and a little tablet time.
We left around 5 to walk to dinner. We went to Margaritaville (just off the property) specifically so we could walk by a small off property convenience store for bread on the way home. We need a vehicle for PB so Lauren can get some protein on this vacation!
We walked by some truly stunning yachts and got a sense on a few other restaurants in the area. We sat outside overlooking the bridges to the island. The restaurant had some games (giant connect four, bags, ring toss) and the girls played while we waited for dinner. The waitress was great and snagged the girls as she brought our dinner over. And when she saw Abby fishing ice cubes out of her Sprite she bright them each a cup of shaved ice when we were leaving. We dumped their Sprite on top and they enjoyed a free snow cone while we walked to get bread and then back to the hotel.
They were asleep by 7:30. I was snuggling with them as they fell asleep and they were both twitching like crazy - I googled it and twitching as you fall asleep is more common when you’re really tired … go figure 😂
I lasted about 2 chapters before I turned off my light and crashed myself. Jeff watched SNF. He’s still in bed at 8:30 as I type this. I came out by the (bickering) girls about 6:30 and we snuggled a bit and then I gave them their tablets and some breakfast while I had coffee and did these 2 posts. We get to meet the Atlantis dolphins this afternoon!
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