Spring Break 2015

This week is Houston's Spring Break, and to kick it off, we took the kiddos down to Galveston for the day on Saturday. The weather has been so gloomy and cold recently, and with a beautiful day forecasted it seemed like the perfect opportunity. While it was warm, it was in no means hot, and I had no intention for anyone to actually swim. Bug on the other hand had different plans. This girl is a fish and would not leave the house until she was assured I had packed both her and Bubba's swimming suits.

We got an early start to the day and made it to Galveston around 10:30 right as the ferry was getting ready to leave (we were one of the last cars on). Perfect timing. I had only been to Galveston one other time (when Pumpkin was ~15 months) and had never taken the ferry. Both kids enjoyed the short trip, seeing all the seagulls and big ships. We had a near miss when Bubba nearly went out the port hole --- thank goodness AJ grabbed him before he fell.

Once off the ferry we explored a little park, used by the military to defend against German attacks back during the war. Sadly it was still pretty muddy and the kids didn't get to play at the playground and had quite the fit. As luck would have it, we didn't have to wait for the ferry going back either and were able to quickly cross back over to the island and go explore the beach.

I didn't think we would actually be swimming, thank goodness AJ brought his swim suit because these kids LOVED it. Bubba was freezing after 20-30 minutes, and I'm sure Bug was too, but she would have stayed out there for a long time had we let her. I see multiple beach trips this summer in her future. I'll just wait a bit until its warm enough that I can get in to help. :)

Right before a huge wave tipped Bubba over and AJ had to scramble to get him upright, while not dropping Bug.