Quick Trip

For those of you who don't know Chris works 7 days in a row working 12 hour shifts, but then he has 7 days off. It really works out nice. The weeks that he is off we just spend time together as a family and the weeks that he works I get a lot of things done around the house once the 2 girls go to sleep. This past weekend Chris and I decided to take the girls on a quick trip to Galveston. And Amanda as you read this "I don't like Galveston now that you aren't there!!!:(" So by quick trip I mean one night! We decided this because we had planned to take the girls to Florida this summer but after memorial day the prices went up $100 a night! Well we already told Avery that we were going to the beach sometime, so she kept telling everyone she was going to the beach "tomorrow". When she told us that she was going to the beach "tomorrow" on Thursday we figured why not just go to Galveston. Well we had it all planned. We were going to get up and leave by about 8 in the morning and get their around lunchtime. Of course Avery (our alarm clock) who normal comes in demanding breakfast between 6:30 and 7 sleeps until 8:30! Needless to say we didn't get off until about 10:00. Then with a 4 month old and a 3 year old we had to make several stops (mostly for the 4 month old). Houston traffic was as always very fun to drive through. We didn't get to the hotel until about 4 and didn't get to the beach until 5.
Finally we were on the beach! Peyton and I sat on some towels under an umberlla while daddy and Avery went in the water. Avery enjoyed it. She ran in the water and jumped when the waves came. She and daddy went out together. Then about 15 minutes into it a wave came a splashed her in the face. She was done. She no longer wanted to play in the water, she wanted to play in the sand. Just to inform everyone Avery has gotten in this phase where everything stings her eyes. Not that I am saying the salt water didn't sting. So Avery cam ashore and played in the sand.
Meanwhile Peyton and I decided to venture out into the water. Peyton was amazed by the waves and watched the water as it rolled in and out. She kicked the water and seemed to be enjoying it, but alas the wind picked up and that was the end of that. She was no longer in awe of the water. All she wanted was to be out of the wind. We ended up staying on the beach until about 7. Periodically getting in the water. Avery mostly played in the sand, buried daddy, and looked for sea shells with mommy. Peyton took a small nap on the towel and returned to the water for a few more minutes of water torture :) or should I say wind torture. I only say that she did not like the wind because when we returned to the hotel we got in the pool, which was surrounded by the hotle so no wind. She loved it! She smiled and laughed and just kicked her arms and legs. She is a little water baby. Avery as always enjoyed the pool and even put her floaties on and could go into the deep end without being held. Avery would splash and jump and squeal and Peyton would just laugh and squeal too. We went to the Rainforest Cafe to eat then I ran into Wal-mart to get a few things. While I was there there were a couple of guys (young) who decided to get into a fight right at the front doors. I stayed in the back of the store (the girls and Chris were in the car). I thought "great, I am going to get shot here in the Galveston Wal-mart" :). It is kindof funny. So we finally got to the hotel. Avery I forgot to mention claimed the top bunk. There were bunk beds. They were very narrow. I didn't like the idea of her sleeping on the top but it had railing that was long enough to cover her whole body. They were narrow enough that if she had slept on the bottom she would have fallen off more than likely. So Avery continously told us she was sleeping on the top. So she did. Chris put her in her bed and she had a huge smile on her face! She still talks about sleeping on the top and she wants her own bunk bed so she can sleep on top.
The next morning we got up and got out on the beach at about 8:30. We were there 15 minutes maybe and Avery starts crying. She was in the water so we asked what happened. She told us that she stepped on a rock. Her crying got louder and louder. Chris picked her up and put her on the towels. At this point she was screaming and holding right above her right ankle. We kept trying to look at her leg, but she litterally kept flopping down and rolling while holding her ankle. She would get on her hands and knees then just flop down. I felt so bad for her, but it was kind of funny to see her moving like that. We realized she was stung by a jelly fish. That was the end of our day at the beach. We went to the pool and played then went home. That evening Avery told us she liked the beach and wanted to go back, but she didn't like the jellyfish. She asked Daddy to get on the computer and show her where the jellyfish were so she wouldn't get stung by one next time. I thought was pretty smart of her. That was our trip to Galveston, short, but very exciting!