Sunday, July 15, 2012

Pier Park and Other Stuff

Every day at the beach started out in "the big boy pool." I didn't care. The weather there is so different. The sun is out early and stays up late, and it kind of makes you do that, too. So I had no problem letting the kids go to the pool at 8 in the morning. It was never crowded, and they had a blast. Jaggar got braver each day, and Sage was trying to help him swim.
He couldn't STAND to put his "baving suit" on while it was wet, so each time we had to put it in the dryer. And he was always checking it.
This is random and has nothing to do with anything, but Kevin cracked an egg and it looked like that. Travis said that it was half a bird. Turns out, the fridge was just turned way too cold because drinks of ours were freezing in there, too.
So one afternoon, we decided to go to Pier Park. This is kind of like a mini Gatlinburg to me, and Travis decided to bring out this gem out of the archives of the '70s to wear there. He says it's from the '80s. He thinks it's so great because it actually came from Mardi Gras. You be the judge.
Pier Park is any child's dream. Rides, VERY overpriced rides, are right in the center as soon as you drive in. We let them choose one at the end. It's $4 PER ride per person, and Jaggar can't ride alone, and I wasn't about to spend $24 on two rides. So I ended up riding some balloons with him that went backwards. It was the biggest thing he'd ever ridden, and he wasn't so sure about it at first. It scared him, but then he liked it okay. It made me kind of sick.

It isn't exactly true to the look of the movie, but everyone loves the movie Big, right? And these cuties are always ready for a picture.
This is actually the back of Pier Park, and the ocean is right behind them. The restaurant we ate at the next day (more on that later) is just to the right of the Pier Park sign.
As we were walking up the street, this man was walking with a parrot. He let both of my kids pet him, but I was only able to get a picture of Jaggar petting him.

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