Monday at Seaside

 We took Ava, Harper and Rielee to Seaside.  It was a rainy out so we went to the Aquarium.  The girls were really impressed/creeped out by a giant octopus.

 They got to touch lots of different sea creatures,

 and Rielee even held a crab.  Rielee bought some fish to feed to the seals, that was a wet endeavor as those seals slap the water to get your attention, we all got wet.

 Next we went to the Arcade.  Money went fast there since most of the games were too hard for the little girls.  They tried Skee-ball, but were frustrated when their balls went every where but in the holes.  No tickets, darn!  Between the 3 of them, they had enough tickets to buy 3 candy bracelets and 17 mini Tootsie Rolls.  They did enjoy playing air hockey though.

 Next we went to the Carousel mall, they had fun there.  From her horse, Ava was able to spot some little purses with puppies in them at a toy store, and they made a beeline there as soon as they got off.  They begged for the purses, but after they confessed that they already had several little puppies like those, the answer was "no"...Harper also found a giant stuffed animal snake she really wanted-  "no" to that, too.  We had to leave the store to see if our motel room was clean yet and they could go swimming, they were okay with that, got out of the store without buying again, yay!

It was a salt water pool, and not terribly warm.  Harper got right back into paddling around with her floaties on,  Ava was a little nervous and stayed by the side or in the hot tub.  After swimming, they took a long hot bath in the Jacuzzi tub in our room, we played some Who Nuu and they watched a movie.  They were worn out and went to sleep easily.