After Jason was finished working in Bay Minette on Wednesday, we headed over to Seaside, Florida. We thought by letting the kids play in the pool that morning, they would sleep during the 2 and half hour drive but we were wrong. Matthew slept for about an hour and then resumed his road trip car behavior which is terrible. He hates sitting in his car seat for long periods of time. Even putting Elmo and Barney on the DVD player did no good. I know he was probably bored and didn't understand why he had to sit in his car seat for so long but geez...it was exhausting. Tyler, on the other hand, was an excellent car rider. He watched movies and played with his transformers and only asked a few times if we were there yet. If only Matthew liked the long car rides better! We arrived to Seaside to our Love Me True beach cottage and were ready to begin the second part of our vacation. Tyler and Matthew both enjoyed the beach this year.
Tyler had fun riding the ocean waves with his daddy and playing in the sand. He also had fun running from the camera or making goofy faces whenever I tried to take a picture of him.
Matthew didn't really like getting in the ocean but he enjoyed walking to the ocean's edge and letting the waves hit his feet. He also had fun playing in (and eating) the sand and playing in his shaded baby pool on the beach. He definitely had it made with his set up. He even managed to take at least an hour nap on the beach every day.
One of the highlights of the trip to both boys was playing in the outdoor shower at our cottage. I'm not sure why this was so fun but they both loved it.
Overall, we had a great family vacation and enjoyed spending time with our boys. When we got back home, Jason said something to the effect of "that wasn't a very relaxing beach vacation". I have to agree. With two small children, our beach vacations aren't very relaxing anymore but they are still fun watching and helping our children enjoy God's beautiful creation. We are blessed beyond measure.
Matthew loved the slide, too, but, obviously, he couldn't go down by himself so we were exhausted from carrying him to the top and sliding down numerous times.
The hotel is located on Mobile Bay so the boys enjoyed playing in the sand and bay as well. Jason and Tyler took a ride in a kayak and Tyler thought that was so cool. Of course, Jason was exhausted because his kayak partner wasn't a very good paddler!
We even made it over to Gulf Shores one night to play Putt-Putt...one of Tyler's favorite things to do on vacation. Thankfully, there wasn't anyone behind us for a long time. Tyler likes to play every hole over and over again and he always tells us how many strokes it took him by saying "Hole in 2" or "Hole in 5". He didn't quite understand that you only say that when you make a hole in one!
Tyler enjoyed the putt-putt while Matthew enjoyed the jungle safari car. He couldn't figure out what that monkey was doing sitting beside him! 
