We left early Sunday morning and headed to Galveston. When we arrived at our hotel, our room wasn't ready so we changed clothes and headed out to the pool. Johnathan got the older two sunscreened up while I got myself and Kynsley ready to swim. John and the girls were the first in the pool. I gave Kynsley to Johnathan once she was all prepared and went back to the chairs to finish lathering on the sunscreen. I finally finished and headed over to the pool. I sat down...put my little toe in...and said NO WAY! It was freezing in there. That's when I look over at Jadie's lips and they are purple and she is just a chattering away! So....everyone got out of the pool and we walked over to Palm Beach at Moody Gardens. Johnathan took Ashlyn and Jadyn with him to do the water slides and the lazy river, while Kynsley and I stayed on the beach side and relaxed.
It wasn't long before I received a message saying our room was now available. So we headed up to our room to get showered up and ready for our big Birthday Surprise for Johnathan. (The girls and I had talked and Ashlyn wanted to take Johnathan to the Rainforest Cafe to get dessert. It's a flaming volcano. Basically it is a brownie with icecream and they put sparklers in it.) They were giddy with excitement. We drove over to the Rainforest Cafe to learn that it was a 2-2.5 hour wait! Since it was 6:00 there was no way we were going to be able to keep Ashlyn and Jadyn entertained and AWAKE for 2.5 hours while waiting for a table. So we went to a Chili's down the road. The girls still ordered their Daddy a dessert. It was their molten lava cake. The funny thing is...between Ashlyn, Jadie, and me...Johnathan didn't get but a bite!
The next day we woke up and Johnathan took the older two to Schliterbahn and Kynsley and I slept in late and went to all the attractions at Moody Gardens. Kynsley was such a trooper...not once did she fuss or cry. We went to the Dino's Alive, Rainforest, Discovery Center, and the Aquarium. From what I heard when the girls' got back to the room...they had a blast! We were supposed to go see a 9pm showing for IMAX of Rio, and it wasn't until very last minute that we decided to go. It was a decision well made...the movie was great and the girls were actually quite well behaved considering they were beyond exhausted! (The two pictures below are a before and after! The girls' kept fighting and kept fighting so I told them to put their noses together and stay there for 5 minutes. They of course protested so I said if they stay together for 30 seconds they could be done. So I started counting. I made it to about 5 before I started laughing! I could see Ashlyn completely mortified that she had to do this and Jadie started looking guilty and I imagined her trying to stick her tongue out to lick Ashlyn just to annoy her! Thank goodness Johnathan was there to step in and continue the counting!)
The last day of our stay we packed, loaded up the car, then headed to IHOP for breakfast. After eating we headed back to the hotel to park in the garage before our key card expired and wouldn't allow us access. John and I took the girls to the rest of the attractions at Moody Gardens. (The ones I did with just Kynsley the day before.) They were scared at Dino's Alive. They liked the aquarium and the rainforest the best. They even got to see a 3 toed sloth at the rainforest and hold a beautiful butterfly also.)
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