We arrived late Friday afternoon and had time to enjoy a tasty seafood dinner and a walk along the bay. We forgot our camera that evening, so no pictures to share :(
Saturday, Madeline gave us a treat and let us sleep until a bit after 8 a.m! We started the day with a trip to Padre Island National Seashore.
"Hurry up, I want to get to the water!"
Hurricane Alex hit this area last weekend, bringing with it tons and tons of seaweed. She wasn't too sure of the seaweed at first but it didn't stop our little beach bum from enjoying the water.
"Hi mommy!"
We enjoyed strolling along the beach
and discovering interesting little sea creatures.
All of the seaweed made a cool hiding spot for thousands of little clams that littered the beach.
We enjoyed watching the waves come in to uncover the clams and then the scurry that followed as they burrowed back into the sand.
She was a bit too intrigued by all the things to see to do much walking.
Even with all the seaweed, the setting was very picturesque
If the sand wasn't so hot, I'm sure she would have loved to crawl in the sandy white dunes.
This little girl sure does love the beach!
After cooling off and cleaning up, we headed to the Texas State Aquarium for Madeline's first encounter with the underwater world.
She was a bit apprehensive at first and sure didn't like the huge stingrays that kept swimming by
but she was very interested in all of the fish.
By the time we reached the tank with the pretty little clown fish and angel fish she was having a great time. These pretty fish were her favorites
I wish this picture would have turned out better because it completely captures her joy!
"Look at this silly jellyfish!"
Watching the sea turtles was very entertaining, as well.
"Wait! Where did he go?"
We capped off the day at a little seafood place on the pier. Madeline didn't have any seafood, but she sure did enjoy her dinner. Haven't you heard that banana is the new beauty treatment and is great for your skin and hair?
Sleeping in for two mornings in a row would have been too good to be true, so in true Madeline style we woke up with smiles on our faces and lots of conversation.
She was so funny at breakfast and preferred the bran flakes to the french toast. Silly baby!
After breakfast we hit the road and headed to a little town on the bay that we heard was a fun stop with lots of art galleries. We didn't plan on a sleeping baby and forgot that on Sunday morning everything would be closed, so we drove through the downtown and will have to stop on another trip.
"Mom, I call shotgun!"
She did really well on the trip home and we only needed to stop twice. We were able to visit one of our favorite gas station 'chains' on the way back to Houston. If you ever have the great (mis)fortune of driving across TX, you'll have to make a stop at Buc-ee's. They have very clean restrooms, lots of tasty road snacks and Madeline even did a bit of car shopping! Too bad the price tag was well over $200.
All in all, it was a great weekend and I think Madeline thoroughly enjoyed herself, as she went to bed at 6:15 tonight!
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