My Birthday. Part 3 Kemah Boardwalk

We made it to Kemah Boardwalk, a place full of carnival-type games and rides, restaurants, shops, and of course a boardwalk along the ocean. We even saw a fire juggler. Pretty cool, right? Yep.

You know you're fully ingrained into motherhood when you have the most fun when you're kids are having fun. So I picked out rides that I knew the boys would love. We started with the ferris wheel.

And immediately it started squeaking. We hung out about 10 feet up for a couple minutes, then they brought us back down and had us get out. They said we were making the wheel unbalanced because they're only supposed to allow up to 4 adults in a car. Now, my three kids' weight only total half that of an average adult, but whatever.

So they made us wait forever while they got us two new cars. At least we got the family all together for a couple minutes before being split up.

Then we got in line for the next ride. Dash and Liam were so very very excited. What was the ride?

Airplanes! They got to do their very own flying.

Sean made sure to provide the appropriate airplane noise, apparently.

While I went to feed Grey, Sean and the boys went on a balloon ride.

It was tight quarters so Sean could only take very close photos. But they're cute photos!

I really liked the boardwalk part. I just love seeing and hearing the water. My parents have some friends who live on the east coast, literally. When we've stayed at their house, I just love opening my window and falling asleep to the water slapping against the rocks. Mm, I feel relaxed just thinking about it.

Now, let me tell you how great Grey was that day. His schedule was out the door, naps here and there and everywhere. He spent so much time in the Bjorn. Not mention he'd had shots that morning! Grey just really loves outings- he soaks in his surroundings and is happy as can be. What a great kid.

And Sean, what a stud, he carried Grey around practically all day without complaint. I know his shoulders must have ached. He made my day so special and fun, I'm so lucky. Not to mention I got to look at that face all day long!

Okay, back to the action. We had Dash and Liam play a little carnival game where they won these stuffed animals!

And by "won," I mean that we paid money, they picked out a rubber duck from a bathtub and the letter on the bottom told them which bucket of animals they could choose from. But they were so proud of their spoils. Money well spent.

And then we found the fountains...

 [water teasers2 from Katie Bradley on Vimeo.]

Did you notice Dash get sprayed directly in the face at the end. After that he froze in place with a panic-stricken face and I had to go save him.

The kids were drenched. I thought they'd stop after they got a little wet, since usually that bothers them, but they went full out dare-devil style.

I did have a spare couple of pants in my bag but no shirts. So we stuffed a couple burp rags between their chest and shirt and called it good.

There's also a little aquarium at Kemah. Who doesn't like to look at fish?

This guy actually has a really long "snout" but I thought he looked so funny straight on.

Catfish!

There was a fake monkey that simultaneously fascinated and unnerved Liam and Dash. Grey would stare at it for a few seconds and then start crying. So much for that.

This is a sting ray. Could you tell? There's a whole pool of them that we could pet. You can also feed them but we just watched others do that.

 [stingrays3 from Katie Bradley on Vimeo.]

Mr. Stingray was nice enough to make sure Grey got soaked, just like his brothers.

After the aquarium, we stopped for a pre-dinner treat.

The twinners enjoyed some chocolate-covered pretzels.

Grey missed out on the chocolate but happily watched daddy eat a big peanut butter cup.

The birthday girl had a sea salt truffle that was so very yummy.

We were all were getting a little sluggish, so we just walked around for a while. There was a little playground, at which Liam and Dash were giving each other the cutest, biggest hugs and kisses. But then that made them fall down, get hurt, and both start loudly crying. You win some, you lose some. We finally made it to a sushi/hibachi place and had a fantastic birthday meal. On the way home, the twinners fell asleep and didn't went right into bed once we got home. I won't mention how they woke up at 4am the next morning all set to play. No, let's just focus on the wonderful birthday I enjoyed. Thank you family for a great day!