After forever, we arrived at South Padre Island Saturday night. We ate at Scampi’s which was nice but ouch it was expensive. I had fresh Red Snapper which was the expensive part. D had a fruit and cheese tray which was a better deal. G had a Pizza which she is still eating on 2 days later.

The next day we went to the beach trusting D to put on her own sunscreen. At the beach, we let the waves beat us up for 2 hours and then went back to the house for lunch. G and D were both given plastic turtles by their grandmother. G named hers “Smarty Pants” and D named hers “Shelly”. For the whole long drive down, both girls had been promising their turtle that it would get to go in the ocean. As soon as we got to the beach, they took the turtles into the ocean. Within 5 minutes, everyone’s turtle had been knocked out of their hands and we were frantically searching the Atlantic Ocean for 2 small plastic turtles. Somehow we found them and I banished the turtles to dry land and fresh water.

After our 2 hour morning beating, we went back and had lunch and then went back to the beach. Back into the waves and even more digging. Under the sun, D made a sand cave for her turtle and G used shells to decorate the sand castle she and Cindy had built.

After Dinner, D started crying. Her back was lobster red. I walked to the Blue Marlin to get her some gel for the burn. She must have sprayed the sun screen over her shoulder and completely missed her back.