I was scared about the plane ride, but thanks to the iPad we had a very happy boy who watched Scooby Doo almost the whole plane right. He did not like the seat belts or the head phones, he did warm up to the head phones but not really to the seat belt.
Landon started off the week unsure of the water, the waves can be pretty scary to a 2 year old. The first day he avoided the water, but by the second day he walked up and down the beach and played in the water. He did not venture very far into the water but he did become more comfortably. I was very proud of him. Here are some of the pictures of our first few days there.
Wednesday we decided to go to Sea World since we were so close. Wednesday also happened to be the day that was cloudy, so it worked out pretty well. We started with the Whale show, a dolphin and sea lion show. Landon's attention span came and went, but for not having a nap he did exceptionally well. We did "bribe" him by buying him a shark and penguin to play with and make him happy, it worked very well. He entertained himself very well for the rest of the trip with those. Landon also got to pet a dragon lizard and touch a sting ray while there. He didn't like the sting rays at all, but he was okay with the lizard. New experiences.
The rest of the week went by really fast, as it seems all vacations do. On our last night we went to a shopping center that had an "alligator farm" in it and Landon loved the alligators and even got to pet one.
Landon did well the rest of the vacation, and come the last day he kept pointing at our house we stayed in saying "I stay, I stay here". It was adorable and sad at the same time, we wanted to stay also but needed to come home. He did even better on the plane trip home, which was a blessing.
Saturday we came home and went to Grandma and Grandpa Kaberline's for Wanda's birthday dinner, Landon was very tired and he ended up burning his hand and running into a tree. Bad night but fun family time.
Sunday, we went to the circus which was fun and a good experience for Landon. I hope to go again next year. As we were walking up to buy our tickets for the circus, a nice lady came up to us and gave us 2 free tickets. It was such a blessing to get those tickets, and seemed to mean that we were meant to go to the circus.
Then monday came and I got the stomach flu, which was horrible and left me very weak. So I ended up having to call in on Tuesday because I was weak and still had some stomach cramps. I hadn't had the stomach flu since I was 14 weeks pregnant with Landon, do not know how I have gotten away with that but I will not complain.
The rest of the week has been a blur and here I am, updating the blog late at night and pouring out all our adventures. Hope everyone can keep up with the ramblings.
