First, we stopped by Burger King for breakfast in the car. The girls loved this because they got to eat junky foods that we don't normally allow for breakfast.
Then, we took a road trip to Jekyll Island. I had stayed on Jekyll Island one other time for a week when I was seven and I had been for the night once when I was 16. Andy and the girls had never been. So that made it special because we were going some place out of the ordinary as a family.
By the time we left the turtle center, we were all getting hungry, so we drove to Brunswick to eat at Firehouse Subs. Ella slept during lunch. We had planned on going back to Jekyll Island to play putt-putt golf, which is something Arin has been asking to do since the last time she played it (in October). It was getting colder and colder out, so we decided to skip the putt-putt. We headed to St. Simons Island. Once there, we went to the Lighthouse. It was very windy, so they would not let us outside at the top of the lighthouse, but we were able to climb all 129 stairs to the top and look out through the window. We also visited the museum there.
The girls spotted a playground, so we let them play on it for a little while.
Then, we saw a second, not crowded, playground a few yards away, so we walked over to it and let the girls play for a few minutes there too. Arin didn't want to leave the playgrounds, but it was just so cold and windy, so we promised her a future trip back to play again.
We started to walk down the pier, but had to turn around, less than halfway down, again because of the wind.
When we were at lunch, Arin spotted a Pet Smart. She asked to go see the animals there. So once we left St. Simons Island, we headed back to Brunswick, where we let the girls look at the animals in Pet Smart (this also allowed time to warm up!). Before, we got to Pet Smart, we drove by the airport, where we watched an airplane and a helicopter take off.
Next, we headed to Target, where we let the girls each pick out a toy. The aisles were crowded and I decided we wouldn't allow them to pick out their own toys at this time of the year again!
Ella got the Fisher Price Moo Sounds Milk & Cookies. I picked this out because she loves putting stuff into containers. Arin picked out a Curious George movie and a Barney movie.
We then got some Taco Bell for dinner and headed back home. Although, it wasn't as planned as our normal Family Fun Days, we had a great time spending the day together and I know we made great memories together!
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Hey... you were in our neck of the woods!
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