Beach trip to Pensacola

During Labor Day weekend, Jared was busy building our new pantry by himself, so I decided to take the kids to Pensacola Beach to see a friend that was in town. I loaded up the three kids, the pack n play and all of our beach gear and got on the road. We drove straight to Flounders, which is right on the beach. It has a great playground right beside the outdoor seating. The kids had so much fun and were covered in sand from hair to toes by the time it was time to leave. Anna was a trooper and did a pretty good job staying awake and happy for more than three hours past her naptime.

After Flounders, we let Anna sleep in the car, and I decided to get a hotel to stay the night. After Anna had slept for a little bit, we checked into the hotel and got new bathing suits on. We headed down to the pool, which was indoors and turned out to be FREEZING. Luckily, there was a hot tub, so the boys got to put their feet in.

For dinner that night, I took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese. It was probably the dirtiest Chuck E. Cheese I have ever been to, and more than half of the games were broken, but it didn't stop the kids from having a great time!

The next day we went back to the beach. Aidan, my little fish, had to be constantly reminded that he was swimming too far out with his friend. Austin got in the water lots of time also but was a little more timid with the waves. Austin spent a lot of time building sand castles, and I spent a lot of time running Anna off from knocking them down.

It was a wonderful mini vacation. The kids had such a great time, and I was so happy that I decided to tackle the trip on my own.