Tuesday and Wednesday at MB

After dance Tuesday we headed back to the hotel and the kids had a blast boogie boarding and playing in the sand. I forgot to take the camera, so I don't have any pictures, but it was so much fun. While at the beach we made plans with two other families to go back to Abuelo's where we had eaten the night before for their Happy Hour with $2.00 margaritas. Before we knew it, there were about 10 families going and we called and reserved the patio for our group. Poor waiter is all I can say. He was keeping the bills by family with the adults at one long table, the boys at another big table and the girls were all over the uncovered part of the patio. Everyone had a great time. After dinner we headed to the Myrtle Waves water park from 8-11pm. It was open only for the dancers and their families and the kids had a BLAST! These are some of the girls at dinner.

Cade was pouting for a bit for some reason. Can't remember why he was pouting, but Brett got a picture of him sulking. It didn't last too long and then he was back with the boys playing around.

Wednesday the girls didn't have to be at the competition until 11:00 am. Maddi was still sleeping at 10:00 since she was so wiped from the water park the night before. They had their Musical Theater dance and again did well, but got gold instead of platinum. The moms have joked all year that their costumes look like bikinis and we were going to get a picture of them down by the ocean in their costumes, but we never did. The song they dance to is from the Producers and is called, If you Got It, Flaunt It. Not my favorite costume or dance, but they always scored well.

After dance and lunch we headed back to the Broadway at the Beach for the girls to visit the Make a Doll store. I thought it was pretty cute that they were sitting talking about the dolls and above Maddi, Emily and Bailey L. it said friendship begins here. It's the same parent company as Build A Bear and they also have Build a Dino and Ridemakerz where you can build a car. The girls decided to wait until Friday to make the new blue haired doll. Brett took Cade and Nolan to play mini golf while the girls checked out the doll store and got tank tops spray painted with their names on it. Then it was back to the pool with friends to burn off their last bit of energy before crashing to bed.

Any OFFICE fans out there? Brett LOVES The Office and when he was playing golf with a bunch of the dance dads Sunday he found out that Phylliss is a cousin of one of Maddi's teachers, Miss Debbie, and that Phylliss was going to be staying at our hotel. Miss Debbie's daughter is also in Maddi's dance company so Phylliss came to watch the dance competition. When we heard she was on the beach, we had to get a picture with her. She was so sweet and such a good sport about getting her picture taken with several parents.

Andie MacDowell is also staying at our hotel. Her 13 year old daughter is in the dance competition. I haven't seen her yet, but several people have ridden in the elevator with her and say she is very nice and even more beautiful in person.