We just got back from a lovely vacation in Rosemary Beach, Florida with Elin’s Nanny and Papa. It was our second time there and we rented out the same house as last year which made things easy and familiar. We drove again this year which is quite a long drive but it went really well again this year and Elin was so awesome in the car going and coming home. I don’t think she cried even once! She was either all smiles and gabbing to everyone, watching her shows on the Ipad and portable DVD player, or sleeping.
Despite the forecast prediction of rain we got lucky and the rain was mostly overnight. The weather was hot and sunny–perfect beach weather!
We got in town early on Monday morning and after settling into the house, we decided to go to the grocery store to get staples for breakfast and lunch and then we shopped in town. Elin kept asking to go to the beach so despite the drizzle rain we went to the beach to let her check it out. We went home for Elin’s nap and then went back to the beach in the afternoon because the weather had turned sunny again. We were happy to get in some beach time on our first day. We then pretty much went the beach every morning early and stayed until mid afternoon before going back the house and getting cleaned up before going out for dinner and shopping in the evening.
Elin loved the beach again this year! She was a little more leery of the water because I think since she is older, she realized the magnitude of how big the ocean is and that was a little overwhelming but she loved it once she got used to it.
She thoroughly enjoyed the sand this year with all her little beach toys. We all had to draw Mickey in the sand a million times! She also loved us to write her name.
A fun activity that we did was go on another sunset cruise while we were there. I highly recommend going on one if you are in there area. Elin was really cranky the whole time we were on the boat but she was thrilled to see the dolphins and perked up each time she saw them.
Another fun activity is shopping in the picturesque town.
Elin is fond of the two toy stores in the town square, Gigi’s and Fitz and Emme. She could spend forever in those stores checking everything out.
Rosemary is known too for the celebrity sightings and a few own homes there. I had seen HGTV’s Designer of Design Star, Vern Yip’s house online in this article and so I was super excited to scope out the house and get a look of it it in person. It looked stunning!
There is a second story outdoor pool over the garage and there are apparently great ocean views from the pool.
To say we were sad to see our vacation come to a close is an understatement. We had a great time and can’t wait to get back there again soon.
