After the museum, it was time for a special lunch at "Fudpuckers". (Try saying that ten times fast. But not in front of your kids.) The extremely cool thing about Fudpuckers is, surprisingly, not that the name can make you swear, it is that they have a whole pond full of alligators right on sight. You can even attempt to feed the alligators if you spend $3 on a little bag of wannabe meat (the color and texture of a Pink Pearl eraser). You won't have any success, (what sane alligator wants to eat an eraser?) but you may have fun trying to bonk them on the head with the bait. Lunch was great despite our inability to induce a feeding frenzy.
Who knew even MORE fun was to be had in the parking lot!?! As you may recall from this post, Max has three goals in life. Or rather, one goal to acquire three different things. They are all vehicles and he's saving change and birthday dollars in his Pooh-Bear bank for them. They are: A motorcycle, a convertible, and a stretch limousine. (Pronounced "stwehch li-ni-ma-za-neen") Anyway, parked next to us when we were headed to the car was a man just about to leave on his motorcycle. Max walked right up to him and matter-of-factly said "I want a motocycle when I get big!" The driver was evidently impressed and asked if he'd like to climb up for a minute. Max did, and then proceeded to rev the engine very loudly and frighteningly. (Frightening to a reformed-speeder mother with a little boy who really wants a motorcycle when he grows up.) Very nice guy. Very cool for Max.
Of course, our next stop was the beach to play for the last time.
BUT, not the beach you see below. Now we're on to Sunday. Sunday, of course, we went to church. After church we needed something reverent and solemn to do. So we went to another beach. Okay, not really, we actually took a drive to Seaside. This is the extremely perfect town where "The Truman Show" (with Jim Carrey) was filmed.
We walked around a little, but this is as far onto the beach as the boys got before being reined back onto the more righteous sidewalk. It is a BEAUTIFUL and quaint little town and it was really fun to check it out. My only regret was that we couldn't buy ice cream.
Monday morning, we reluctantly started our trek back to Orlando and from there, to Providence. All in all, it was a perfect, PERFECT trip. Thanks to my dad for helping with the first two nights, and then mostly to Angelique and her wonderful husband for pampering us the rest of the trip. It was hard to come home. And we still miss it.
I'm not sure all this reminiscing has improved my mood. Now I have to get back to reality (my unattended children upstairs) and the cold weather.
Thank goodness for vacations!!!!
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My favorite was Max poking his head into our room at 6am in full armor. Also, when I heard him chanting an annoying chant into a sleeping Curtis' ear while in full armor, again early in the morning.
They both still have their sword on them at least 1/4 of the day.
Wish I had been invited. I am presently paking for Destin Beach.
P.S. I am REALLY glad the motorcycle dude didn't take off with that cute boy!
P.S.S. Repeat after your Auntie. "No Motorcycles. No Motorcycles. No Motorcycles!" Scars. Scars Scars and dead spots on your knee.
Or packing since I don't know how to pake.
Cool sand alligator! Hmm...I want to go to the beach. Even though I would look like a whale. :)
The armor looked great too! I think fun was had by all!! YEA!
I want to take a vacation soon ;)
i read twilight a couple times and i must say that it's a favorite. if you havent started it already, new moon, the sequel, is just as amazing - if not more so. =]
dave calls fuddruckers (or fudpuckers) the "ugly kid restaurant." because every time he goes there he sees some "fubard" looking kids. but don't worry -- not all kids who go there are ugly. but i wouldn't eat there too often or they might start to grow mullets and forget to brush their teeth. seriously.
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