Our last days in St. Augustine

Tuesday morning we went to Marine Land to see the dolphins, sharks, sea turtles and fish. The views from there were beautiful too, so while we waited for our tour to begin, we got some cute shots up on the cliff.  

My dolphin-loving heart was happy to get to see the dolphins playing in the tanks, and Ella was pretty into them too. The tour itself kept Ella's attention for the most part, but I think goldfish snacks are always a highlight for her haha

We stopped at a store, grabbed lunch and then made our way back to the hotel for Ella's nap. Afterwards, we got our pool time in, and ran into our friends again. Ella loved hanging with their daughter Lena, drinking ice out of a cup like a big girl, and eating lemons (because she's a weirdo :). 

We headed back to get changed and to meet up with Rachel, her husband, and their twins who are 5 days older than Ella. They picked a delicious spot, MangoMangos, that was totally kid friendly, and the adults managed to chat a little too haha.

We had to get some shots of these cuties together and luckily managed a few successful ones!

Happy birthday to the twins today!!!! 

Wednesday morning we decided to go into Old St. Augustine again and take the trolley around. We went past the Fountain of Youth, and then decided to do a tour at the old jail. 

This is my new favorite pic of my sweet girl

Our tour guide was fully into character, and the tour was good, but probably a little more than Ella could handle. We tried to get the trolley back to where our car was, but didn't realize the trolley only goes in one direction and the rest of the ride was an hour! Luckily one of the trolley guides helped us out, and got us a shuttle ride back to our car. They were so so friendly (and took pity on our stupidity haha). We ate lunch at Harry's which was SO delicious! I definitely recommend it if you're in the area.

During Ella's nap, I went down and read outside and it was so peaceful and relaxing. Nice to get some solo mom time in (thanks MG!) 

After nap time we hit up the pool for the last day and ended up making friends with another couple with two kids. The mom and I went to neighboring highschools, and were a year apart. They live in Charlotte, NC now, but what a small world. We had adult beverages poolside, the kids played, and we all chatted. Love making friends like that!

We had dinner at Salt Life that night and the food was good. Ella discovered that she likes lettuce (and a lot of it haha), and then we made our way back to the hotel, played on the grounds a little bit, and then got littles down for bed.

Thursday we left the hotel around 9am, drove the hour to the airport, and our flight was supposed to be at 2. During lunch we got a text saying our flight was delayed, and it ended up being delayed 2.5 hours. We got upgraded to first class which was awesome (Ella's second first class flight in her under 2 years of life!), but we didn't get on the plane until 4:20 with a toddler who hadn't napped all day. Luckily she was good for most of the flight minus a 5-10 min span where she lost it. Apparently a mid 50's woman behind us was holding her ears like a child (MG saw this, I didn't) which just annoys me. No one likes a crying kid on a plane--I certainly didn't enjoy it--but have a little compassion.

We made it home that night by 7pm, and got Ella a bath and into jammies ASAP since she hadn't slept the entire day. 

We did a quick turn around of laundry and re-packing so we could head up to PA for Easter weekend the next morning!