Elijah and Olivia visit Houston

DAY 3
Got a rather slow start today. Grandpa is slow but thorough. He wanted to make sure we had everything we needed for our excursion to Galveston. So, he and Elijah worked on getting the car ready and Olivia worked on putting all the stuff back in her suitcase she had scattered all over the house. I got the food, clothes, etc we needed and we headed out about 10:30 for Galveston. The

ride down was fun, we sang, they colored, grandpa told stories about his childhood and the grandkids talked about school, friends and other things important to 7 and 10 year olds. We arrived in Galveston too early to check into our hotel so we decided to ride the ferry over to Boliver Island. We waited far longer than the childrens patience would permit, but once we were on, they got to feed the birds. They used about a half loaf of bread feeding the birds. Elijah demonstrated for Olivia how to hold a large piece of bread in the air and the birds would take it from your hand. Olivia was sure the bird that took her bread took a bite out of her finger. She started to cry but upon further investigation we discovered there was not a mark on her finger. Then she was fine. On the trip back from Boliver Island grandpa and the children decided to take the stairs up top and enjoy the view and feed the birds from there. During the ferry we had to wait in the middle of the channel for a very large ocean vessel to pass us. As it passed, the people standing on the front of the ferry got splashed by the wave created by the ship. We headed to our hotel and checked in. They had an indoor pool so grandpa and the kids swam while I set things up in the room and went to get some lunch/midafternoon meal. After we ate and they finished swimming in the pool, about 5:30p, we were ready to head to the beach. The waves were really pretty high for Galveston and they enjoyed themselves jumping over the waves, using other people boards to ride the waves and making designs in the sand. At about 7:30, Elijah was bitten by a jelly fish. It stung for about 20 minutes and then it was all over. He was really hurting for a while. As soon as it happened, we packed up and headed back to the hotel where the chlorine water helped to sooth the pain. We let them swim as long as they wanted to, which turned out to be about 10P. We came back to the room and microwaved some corndogs we had gotten at the store and had ice cream and cookies while they watched the rest of the Betty Boop cartoons. Then brushed teeth and to bed. Grandpa bought our tickets for Six Flags over Texas before he came to bed. PS..grandpa bought them their own board for the beach tomorrow.