Adams Quatro: Day #1 at Panama City

Well...WE MADE IT!

Here is the run down of our trip...

Sunday, July 20th

7:50 Left Home on our Adventure to Florida (or Fooda as Ty says)

9:30 Stop #1 at Canton for Restroom Breaks and Treats

10:15 Ty finally crashes out! This is the latest he has every stayed awake!

Monday, July 21st
1:30 Stop #2 somewhere in Louisiana for Restroom Breaks ONLY! Ty woke up and was

very interested to see where we were and find out what we were doing. He ate a quick snack and talked himself back to sleep!

2:30 Ty finally crashes back out!

4:30 Stop #3 somewhere still in Louisiana for COFFEE and Restroom Breaks. Ty wakes

again due to all the excitement. This time he is exhausted and just plain upset! He

finally calms down to a Praise Baby DVD and heads back off to Sleep.

5:45 Ty drifts back off to sleep

7:00 Stop in Mobile Alabama to eat at Cracker Barrel! Ty had TWO pancakes!

8:30 Back on the ROAD!

9:30 Stop #4 we all needed GAS and something sweet to get us the rest of the distance!

11:30 Arrive in Panama City! THANK GOODNESS!

11:40 Tried to Check in...the rooms weren't ready! FOILED!

11:45 Headed out for lunch...smelling fabulous and looking even more glamourous!

1:00 Back to the Condos...SCORE!

1:30 Make it to our Condos, Unpack, Set-Up, Get Familiar and CRASH FOR A NAP!

4:00 Up from Naps! Aunt De and Mom head to the Grocery Store for Goodies while Ty and

Dad head to the pool. No pics sorry!

7:00 Dinner...Fish Tacos...YUMMY!

8:00 Play Time in the Condos

9:00 Bedtime for Mommy and Ty! Daddy and Aunt De headed to bed soon after!

This was our first true day at Florida, but it wasn't much to take pictures of or blog about!

So....HERE IS OUR FIRST REAL DAY in FLORIDA!

All sunscreened and ready to head to the BEACH!

Ty's first look and feel of the OCEAN! Pop and Cayleigh join Ty and Daddy!

He's Got a GRIP! He wasn't too sure about those big waves!

He loved playing in the sand! Here he is starting on a sandcastle!

Just the Family on the Beach!

I think I have sand somewhere...very uncomfortable.

Chillin' with Mommy! I wouldn't go near the water without Mom or Dad!

Gettin' Dirty with Cousin Cayleigh (or Cadee)

Down for a THREE hour nap after all that beach time!

After our THREE hour nap and snuggle time...we got gussied up to head out on a PIRATE ADVENTURE! If you every go to Panama or Destin and have children this is the ONE thing you MUST do! We all climbed aboard a HUGE Pirate Ship called the Sea Dragon. There were men and women dressed as real pirates. The ship was TOTALLY made for KIDS! The crew was focused on giving the kiddos the best time of their life.

They started with learning how to be a pirate...Pirate Speaking, Pirate Dancing, Pirate Eating, and Pirate Manners! It was hilarious! Ty got ARRGGGHHH really well. There was then a huge, soaking water gun fight with another ship! The other ship pulled up right beside our boat and the kiddos fought their hearts out. The crew even helped soak the others with buckets of water. I have never seen so much JOY and LAUGHTER at one time!

Next, the boys had to swab the deck and the girls went to get their face painted and their pirate hats on. They then switched jobs and the boys got painted up! Ty wasn't a fan of the pirate hat.

The next job was for them to watch for dolphins. We saw quiet a few! Ty and I actually spotted three together about 3 yards from our ship. We were some of the only to see, because everyone else was pirate dancing!

There was then a huge SWORD FIGHT and all the kiddos got involved in defeating the CREW. It was quiet comical, and the crew were amazing. They had a great report with the kids.

The kiddos then headed below deck to hear an amazing story of buried treasure, pour over a treasure map and head back out to deck to direct the captain to the treasure. Once the treasure was found all the kiddos helped HEAVE-HO the treasure box out of the ocean (REALLY). It was a sight to hear all those children pulling on a huge robe calling out...HEAVE...HO!

They then opened the treasure and divided up the loot. We ended the tour with a fun limbo game, conga line (tamborines for each child included), a pirate Birdie Dance, and then a free for all Pirate Dance! The crew then passed out PIRATE BEADS to all and gave PIRATE tatoos to all the children. Ty was fascinated with his manly tatoo and had to have his pajama sleeve rolled up so he could see it as he went to sleep talking about Pirates!

Ty was a little taken back by all the activity, but he enjoyed watching his cousins.

It was a BLAST. Ty is still talking about it. We will definitely do that anytime we make it to Florida!

Off on our PIRATE ADVENTURE....ARRGGGGHHHH! Posing with Daddy in front of the Sea Dragon Priate Ship! Ty was THRILLED, and has talked about this for days!