Vacation, Here We Come! (Day 1 in Sea Isle!)
pamelamyers | July 19, 2015
I never thought vacation would come this year, but it finally did! Boy, did we all need a vacation. It was a wonderful trip all around. We all had a blast last week, and it seemed for once no one was stressed out, there was no fighting about even minor things, and our biggest complaint was that it was over too soon.
The first night, we took it easy and just wandered around in Sea Isle. As we do each year, we stopped at the boat to take a picture. A few minutes before we took this picture, we had stopped into a favorite store and Sam somehow managed to talk me into buying her the little stuffed dog she is holding, Tuffy. Boy, that kid really loves her stuffed animals!
We didn’t have much to do, and ice cream seemed in order, so we went to Yum Yums. Sam was ready to eat (and so was Tuffy, apparently…)
Sam loves that her Grandmom comes with her on vacation every year. She always asks me why Poppy doesn’t come…yeah, Poppy, why not?
Next stop, Turtle! I can’t believe how big Sam is getting. Her legs could barely get across him not that long ago.
On the way back down the Promenade, we stopped at the arcade so Sam could ride some rides and play some games. She made a beeline for this horse, which surprised me. She always liked the horses, but now that she is older, I thought she’d find them boring. Nope. Doesn’t look like it.
Sam and Mark had a race. Sam won!
Sam played lots of games (to get the tickets of course). It is funny that even at her age, she has her favorite things that she remembers from years past. Spider Stomping is one of those things. She was remarkably better this year than last year. She did just fine with no help from any of us.
Mark tried to show Sam some old school pinball. I think she didn’t quite get the allure. Ah, Sam, your parents are old!
Grandmom and Sam tried out basketball. They should have been good, they get to practice at Putt Putt at home.
I decided to try my hand a skeeball, my favorite arcade game by far. Sam wanted to help by handing me the balls, but unfortunately, she hands them faster to you than you can throw!
This fishing game was fun, and Sam won loads of tickets!
Sam really wanted to play air hockey with Mark. She is getting pretty good now, defending her side and getting some shots in. She loves it when she scores.
We stopped at the bay to see the sunset. It wasn’t the most impressive beach sunset ever, but it was a great way to end our first day.
