A Day Trip to Ocean City

My parents are in town visiting this week and we decided to go on a day trip to Ocean City. When we arrived, we went to the Boardwalk. Laneah was happy to be out of the car and so we let her run around. She ran into one of the many arcades and had a great time playing the different games. Her favorite games were skee ball and bowling. She would throw the ball as hard as she could and just giggle and squeal.


After playing games for a little while, we had lunch and then headed for the beach. It was a nice day and the water was actually pretty warm. I had bought a little pool to fill up and put on the beach next to our stuff and Laneah loved it. It was nice not having to run into the water every few seconds.

Poppa helped her build sand castles. Although it was more like he built them and she destroyed them...but she had fun. She kept getting wet and then tripping in the sand. She was covered head to toe in sand most the time and looked like a little churro!
She also thought the seagulls or "birdies" were hysterical and loved chasing them.
She was so tired from chasing the birds and having fun that she passed out on the beach. When she woke up she was not happy at all. We got her some ice cream as a peace offering and she calmed down and let us put her in the stroller so we could get back on the boardwalk and have some more fun.

On the boardwalk we ran into Sponge Bob....
And a balloon maker; who made a flower bracelet for Laneah
About a month ago Laneah started going through a shy phase where she covers her face and thinks that she is invisible to the world. Since she had just woken up, she was being shy with the balloon lady.
But warmed up to her when she realized that she was going to get a cool balloon bracelet.
We munched on funnel cake and board walk fries, maryland style, and then went to the amusement park Jolly Roger, which I love because they let you ride the rides with your kids. The first ride we went on was a puppy dog ride and she loved it.
Her favorite ride was the balloon ride. She saw the "balloons" from a distance and gasped and covered her mouth. She couldn't wait to get on and we rode it twice.
The teacup ride was really funny because she had her arms out over the sides like she was just chilling out in a teacup. It was really cute.
She also loved the motorcycle ride.

She was so funny because she just loved the rides; when the rides would slow down she would say "no, no" because she didn't want them to stop. She laughed and squealed so much and did not want to leave the park when it was time to go. We will definitely have to go again. It was a really fun packed day!