Fun on the Beach

No trip to Galveston is complete without walking on the beach, luckily the next day it wasn't raining.  Kylie loved walking on the beach, looking for seashells, and chasing birds.

Pleasure Pier

Seashell!

Look, look, look!

She had so much fun~they would wait until a wave was coming and then run backwards hollering "Oh no, Oh no, Oh no".  A week later and if we mention going to the beach she runs backwards and yells "Oh no" with a huge smile on her face.  Luckily neither one of them got their feet wet because as mentioned in a previous post, all our stuff was stuck in the bed of the truck!

Walking along the beach.

Mommy and Kylie

The clouds were really pretty that morning.

Running after a bird

Making footprints in the sand

Waiting for the water to splash

We even had lunch right on the water, it's not very often that we get to eat outside, usually too hot and humid!  Kylie loved watching the boats as we ate and there was a cruise ship right by us also.

All in all, it was a great little getaway, even though it seemed everything was going wrong!  Once we were home, I was able to break into the truck bed cover and get our things out and we took the truck to get fixed the next day.

Moody Gardens~Festival of Lights

After a busy day, we decided it was time to check into our hotel and hopefully get a nap before going back to Moody Gardens for the Festival of Lights!  Our room had a balcony with a great view of the ocean, too bad the weather was so yucky so we couldn't really enjoy it.

I tried and tried to get her to look at the camera, but she was too fascinated with the buttons on her dress, so this is the best picture we got.

When we got back to Moody Gardens, I went to get the stroller out of the back while Chad got Kylie out of her carseat.  The lights involved a lot of walking and she is just too heavy to carry for long distances anymore.  I unlocked the tailgate, tried to open it and nothing happened, I locked and unlocked it several times and still nothing (did I mention a lot of things went wrong on this trip????).  The handle would lift up, but it wouldn't open the tailgate and the cover I have doesn't have a lock on top, so there was no getting in it unless the tailgate would open.  

Chad said we would just rent a stroller and worry about getting it open later. We got lucky and when we were asking about where to rent a stroller, a lady was standing there and told us we could have the one she had been using!

Finger pointing and ready to go!

Pictures don't do it justice, it was so pretty.

Fairytale section of lights

Trying the slipper on

Loved this~Santa catching a wave ;)

One of Kylie's favorites, she loves trains!

Santa and his reindeer

After walking thru the lights, we went inside to see a 3D movie.  Kylie had never been in a theater before and we had no idea how she would act and were prepared to leave if we needed to.

Waiting to go in the theater

FAVORITE PICTURES~glasses on and ready for the movie to start!!

 During the previews, the music stopped, but the picture was still on, she kept saying "Mommy sing???".  I told her the music would be back on in just a minute, to be patient, she then decided to sing herself and very loudly started singing "La La La La" it was so funny!  Once the movie started, she sat there very quietly and watched the whole movie (it was a short one).  She kept her glasses on for about half the time and anytime the snow was falling, she kept reaching out to touch it, so cute!

Afterwards, I attempted again to get my tailgate open and still no luck.  At that time, I became a little bit worried, all of our stuff was back there, except for Kylie's extra clothes, but we couldn't get to her milk, mine or Chad's clothes, nothing we had packed for the trip.  We decided to make a trip to Walmart and buy a few things just to get us thru the night, um, yep, that was an experience in itself, not the best place to be late at night, but we had no choice.  It made me appreciate the Walmart near our house so much more, hope I never have to set foot in that other one again!

Moody Gardens~Rainforest

Next up was the Rainforest Pyramid.  We had planned on going out on the boat, but with it raining we decided we would save that for another day.

Huge poinsettia tree

As you enter the Rainforest Pyramid, you can hear different sounds that would be heard in a rainforest.  Kylie was very unsure and confused about the noises at first, they were pretty loud and some she recognized, such as bees!  Once she understood that it was just the noises and not actual bees or anything else flying by her ear then she was fine.  Her facial expressions were priceless while listening!

Love this one, Kylie and Daddy are both listening to the sounds of the rainforest and trying to figure it out!

SNAKE!

River otters

Running along with the river otters

River otter

Pretty flowers

The pink things are birds

We also saw monkeys and a sloth, but they weren't where we could get a good picture of them.  I think this is the off season for butterflies, as they all appeared to be "sleeping"...

Pointing at something

There was a blue frog in there!

Have to say, I'm glad the Corpse Flower wasn't in bloom, I do not understand the attraction to a flower that smells like a dead body!

Best thing about going on a very rainy day~plenty of room to run!

Check back for Part 3 later!