The summerlike weather has arrived. It can only mean one thing, GET TO THE BEACH QUICK BEFORE THE SHEEPLE ARRIVE! Aah the joys of homeschooling…no crowds at the beach! Our destination…The Beautiful Holiday Inn on Panama City Beach. And just to add to our enjoyment we have playmates…
the Ruttkas!
We love this property and they treat returning families like royalty. The weather was gorgeous and our first day was perfection. Then, it all went to hell, well for Dagon and that means Mommy too.
Even though I was very diligent in coating Whitey Ford with layers of sunscreen he still got sunburned and was quite uncomfortable. I was just so mad at myself for letting this happen to my baby. He was listless and only wanted to stay in bed. So I sent everyone out for dinner thinking he would be fine in the morning and we could get back to normal. No such luck.
Even though he did not want to go to breakfast, I pushed the issue and we all went to breakfast. He said he was not hungry. And I, the all knowing Mommy, had him drink a little juice and eat a bite of something. I really wanted to keep him hydrated due to the sunburn. He chose to sit in my lap and after settling in close proceeded to puke all over both of us in the middle of breakfast. I jumped up and exited immediately. Luckily, I was able to “contain” the situation to just us and made the fateful trek up the elevator and into the room that would become our prison for the next 2 days.
There is only one thing more pitiful than a kid with a painful sunburn and that is a kid who also has a stomach bug while at the very place that he has been sooo excited about visiting for weeks. So, there are very few pictures of little Dagon on this trip.
Joe would come and give me a break occasionally so I could go down and snap some pictures of all the fun. So here we go…
Big Jim is the DJ and he does an excellent job getting the crowd going. There was lots of dancing…
pool time with the Daddys
and fun in the water park.
Then there was the Polynesian Show!
They had a hula contest…
and guess who won?
Finally the day came when Dagon felt like getting out for a bit and to the beach we went.
Things got a little better…
Then the warm water hit those toes and voila…a little smile! Whew! Now the fun can proceed.
Surfer Seager the Sea Warrior was, as usual, his normal beach bum photographic self.
Then things got a little wild or shall I say the Hot Daddys got a little wild. Big Daddy started to flex and pose
then…what happened?
A flashback to the eighties is the only explanation I could come up with. The guys celebrating their High School Graduation were very impressed!
I overhead some females commenting that the 40 year old crazy guy had a much better bod than any of the young studs and I couldn’t argue with that logic at all. Unfortunately, security was NOT impressed. Who knew that thongs were now illegal on this stretch of “family” beach. When did that happen? Spoil sports! Thank God they love us at the Holiday Inn or we would have been packing…quickly.
Anyhoo… I then turned my attention to the very beautiful, and slightly less crazy, Ruttka girls and got some great pictures.
So, this was quite the odd trip. We made the best of a bad situation and discovered that Mr. Ruttka has still got “it” but should keep “it” covered when on a family beach. I also took one of my most favorite pictures of all time…
and last, but certainly not least, I learned that when a kid says he is NOT hungry, just go with that.
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