Ocean City Vacation, Part 2

Wednesday started off with us being awoken by the fire alarm in the condo. It was 6:45 am and the sirens were going off. Kyle and I woke up (sorta), looked at each other, and tried to figure out what was going on. We changed out of our pajamas and ran to get Peyton, then started to exit the building. We were on the 10th floor out of 19 and it took us a good 15 minutes to get all the way downstairs. Peyton was looking pretty dazed the whole time. When we finally got downstairs, there were several firetrucks outside. Peyton liked looking at them. We were outside for another 15 minutes or so and then it was determined that it was a "false alarm" (whatever that means...) and that we could go back up to our rooms. We made it back to the room by 7:30. Needless to say, we were all up for the day.

We decided to go to the pool instead of the beach because it requires gathering up and carrying a lot less stuff. The condo has an indoor and an outdoor pool. We started in the outdoor pool, but it was still early and it hadn't heated up yet, so we moved into the indoor pool, which felt super warm after being out in the cold water. Peyton loves the pool and had a good time splashing and trying to swim.

After swimming for a little while, we went back up to the room to shower and go to lunch. We ate at the Greene Turtle, which was across the street from the condo. We played Keno while we were there, won a few times, but were still in the hole overall. Peyton didn't pick very good numbers! After lunch we went back to the room for a nap.

When Peyton woke up, we went outside to check out the playground. It was pretty nice. There was a large jungle gym, a pirate ship, and a castle. Here are a few pictures.

Next, we drove back down to the Ocean City boardwalk to eat at one of my favorite places. It's an Italian restaurant called DaVinci's. I was carrying Peyton's umbrella stroller, which was folded up, when we walked down the stairs to enter the restaurant. I'm not sure what happened exactly, but I fell down the stairs. It was funny because I didn't get hurt or anything, but there were so many people waiting for their tables that saw me fall, so it was pretty embarrassing. Once we were seated, we read Peyton his options for food: chicken tenders, spaghetti, or ravioli. He chose chicken, but I had a feeling that when he saw us with spaghetti, he'd be jealous and want some too. One of the meals was grilled chicken with a side of spaghetti, so I ordered that for him. He ate a whole chicken breast and tons of pasta, in addition to the two slices of bread he'd eaten before the meal! For being so small, that boy can eat!

After dinner, we walked to the other end of the boardwalk that we didn't explore the time we were there earlier in the week. Peyton enjoyed looking for boats out in the water. He also liked the seagulls that were everyone. He said to them, "Fly away birdies!" We took a few pictures while on our stroll.

(Why does Peyton always take cute pictures with Kyle, but I can never get him to look happy and normal when he's with me?)

Of course we stopped to get some ice cream and then we headed back to the condo.

Thursday morning, it was rainy, so we just played inside. We went to lunch at McDonald's. Peyton ate a whole cheeseburger, two chicken nuggets, and french fries. He should weigh 50 pounds. While Peyton was taking his nap, it had stopped raining, so I sat outside on the balcony and read a book. I was sitting with half of my body in the sun because of its angle. Later in the evening, I realized that half of me was more red than the other half. Nice.

When Peyton woke up we did our souvenir shopping and then we went to a restaurant with 120 feet of buffet! There was so much stuff to eat, most of it being seafood. I didn't get to eat as much as I could have because Peyton was getting antsy, but I did get to eat lots of crabs, clams, crab dip, dessert, and more. Peyton got to eat off the buffet for free, and he definitely enjoyed it too.

After we got back from dinner, we took a dip in the pool. We swam in the indoor pool because we were sure the outdoor pool would be cold since it rained overnight. Again, Peyton had a great time swimming. We even taught him how to jump off the side of the pool into the water. He loved that!

On Friday, we went to the beach again. We built sandcastles, which Peyton happily stomped on immediately after we were finished.

After the beach, we showered and went to lunch at Three Brothers. Peyton asked for pizza without us even giving him choices of food, so that is what he ate. He is getting so independent these days.

We went back to Rehobeth for the evening. Just as we parked the car, it began to downpour! So we got out, gave Peyton the umbrella and just ran as fast as we could to a restaurant. The first one we happened upon was a Grotto Pizza, so we ate there, but not before getting soaked. After dinner, the rain had stopped, so we went back over to the rides for more fun. Peyton rode most of the same rides that he rode the first night, with a few new ones. He and Kyle rode the helicopters and he and I rode the teacups. I think he liked them both.

After rides, we played lots of games. Peyton won a few times himself. Kyle played the water shooting game twice, but lost both times. He did, however, make a basket so he won that game. Kyle and I played whack-a-mole against a few other people and I beat everyone! Peyton ended up with lots of stuffed animals to take home.

On Saturday, we had to leave to go home :( We woke up and washed the sheets and cleaned up the condo. We again planned to leave at nap time so that Peyton could sleep in the car. We left the condo around noon, had lunch at Dairy Queen, and then hit the road. Peyton was asleep in five minutes and didn't wake up until we were in our driveway. I took a nice nap on the way back too. We got home around 4:00.

We had such a good time on our vacation. The best thing was just seeing Peyton have fun.