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The highlight of day two was an absolutely perfect trip to the beach.  All 4 kids enjoyed themselves.  Isaac and Charlotte played in the water and in the sand.  Zach and I each got to take a turn out with the big kids in the water.  We taught them to “ride the waves.” At one point a wave crashed down on Isaac, hitting him squarely on the bottom and he announced that the wave had “spanked” his bottom (see video).

All the kids enjoyed playing in the sand.  Ila and Nicole didn’t like the water much, but they both enjoyed the sand.  We dug out a little hole in the sand in front of Ila and let it fill with water so that Ila could splash around in it.  Unfortunately as you can see in the video below, she also sampled some of the sand.

Before long the water started washing further up the beach enough to cover Ila’s legs with each wave. Ila started to yawn so I scooped her up and wrapped her in a towel.  I put her in the stroller and turned the stroller so that her face was not in the sun.  She watched everyone play for a little while before falling asleep. A collection of fountains between the beach and the car helped the kids to rinse most of the sand off of their bodies.Back at our room, everyone got showered and dressed.  We ate lunch before attending a timeshare sales pitch that not only paid for most of our room, but also provided us with some food vouchers.   After another stop at our room and a little down time for the kids, we choose a nice restaurant off of the list of places that accepted our vouchers.  The name of the restaurant was “Robert Irvine’s eat.”It was a very nice restaurant that wasn’t accustomed to serving children.  They only had one high chair and no kids’ menu.  I have to admit to being a little nervous about taking the kids there.  Every table had these fragile looking water glasses and the atmosphere was very pleasant and peaceful.  I must not have been the only one who was nervous because as we left the restaurant, we got many relieved compliments on how well our children behaved.  My favorite dish was the fried green tomatoes with feta and sprouts (pictured above).  At one point, Ila dropped her pacifier and a waiter washed it off and returned it to us on a dish.Day two ended with movie night in our hotel room.   Ila fell to sleep easily and although Nicole still required extra attention to stay in bed and fall to sleep, she did seem to fall to sleep quicker than the night before.  Unfortunately she also woke up in the middle of the night and threw up all over the bed.