Saturday is the day of the actual airshow (although Friday is exactly the same, it is technically the “dress rehearsal”). Crowds are heavier on Saturdays, you have to stake your spot on the beach at daybreak and you don’t drive anywhere. If you plan on eating dinner on the island somewhere other than your condo, you should be prepared to walk there.
Unfortunately, it was only after we paid $45 each for three sets of beach chairs that we realized it would rain. ALL. DAY. LONG. We packed it up about 30 minutes into the day and ended up doing lots of reading, cartoon watching and balcony sitting. The majority of the airshow was cancelled, although we heard on the radio the Blue Angels might do their low show a few hours late. Bummer.
I had bought the girls super cute new patriotic bathing suits to wear for the day, but because of the rain they never even got unpacked. I was so sad, but we’ll be sporting them for Labor Day instead.
After lunch, we were sitting on the balcony doing some people watching when Fat Albert flew by out of nowhere! The girls new exactly what that meant and they all scrambled to throw on a clean t-shirt and we ran downstairs to try and catch the action.
our attempt at a family picture / it was windy and Sophie was uncooperative
ella & bella hamming it up, as usual
you’ve seen this already, but it might be my favorite picture with this girl
sophie waiting very patiently for the Blue Angels
ever prepared…
the big girls spot them flying in over choppy water / see them just above Ella?
i’m sorry to be mean, but I couldn’t resist / this was straight out of 1982
can you believe she fell asleep again?
all weekend the girls begged to ride the Ferris Wheel
Ella is a scaredy cat, so I expected her to bail at the last minute, but she did great!
family pic, complete with big beach hair 😉
caycie, isabella & bull
three VERY excited little girls
a view of the public beach
the shorter condo building is where we stayed
isn’t it pretty at night? you can get an idea of its size when you see the palm trees!
Our trip was way too short, but we had a wonderful time. We were lazy and ate great food and got to spend some great quality time with our grandparents. And, as usual, we managed NOT to get them in a single picture. There’s always next year, right?
