Wallace's Wonderful Adventure: Phuket--Day 1

Up at 6:30. Ready and walking the grounds at 7 to see what was around. Todd and Cameron jumped in our pool. Then Cameron was the first one in the big pool. I signed us up for 4 different activities that we wanted to do this week. Today is a hanging out and exploring day. At 8 everyone but Mom went to the buffet for breakfast. We were all starving. Good food. Back to the room. Off to the pool for Cameron and Grandma. Todd, dad, and I walked 2 minutes to the store to get supplies. On our way there we walked past Harwood's room. They were out on the deck waiting for us to walk by. The kids were excited to say hi.

We bought our supplies and took them back to our room. Dad and Todd put the groceries away and I headed to the pool. At 10:00 a baby elephant showed up on the pool deck. She was so cute. Cameron fed her a couple bananas and we took some pictures. Harwood's and us hung out for awhile in the pool then decided to go to the beach.

Tatum and I.

Grandma and Cameron hoopin' it up.

Cameron feeding the elephant a banana while Charlotte watches.

She's so cute.

Time for the little water slide.

Walking back up to try again.

The elephant gave Cameron a hug on the way by.

We stopped by the store to grab a surf board then jumped on a golf cart and headed to the beach. The sand was very rough. Still felt good to have our toes in the sand. The water had big waves. Cameron went in and was trying to surf. It was a little nerve wracking because a big wave would come in and there was a big slope when the water was going back out. It caused an under tow and would pull Cameron under. It was only bad once but after that Cameron wasn't interested anymore. It scared him. I ran in, grabbed him, and he was trying to stand but couldn't. It's scary. The water was very pretty though.

The elephant enjoyed the beach too.

She liked to roll around in the sand.

Cameron, Charlotte, Tatum, and Todd enjoying the water.

Riding the wave until it pulled him under.

Todd and Chris enjoyed the water too.

Cameron, Charlotte, Wesley, and Tatum searched for hermit crabs and played in the sand. I think Cameron was excited to have other kids to play with. Hardwoods left to go zip lining and Cameron and grandma started to build a castle. Cameron got side tracked because he had huge globs of sand in his trunks which started bugging him. We rinsed him off and then he decided to play in the water again. Mom was a nervous wreck. I was afraid she was going to fall more than I was worried about Cameron. I had finally had enough and we decided to leave.

Looking for hermit crabs.

Mom and Dad taking a walk.

Cute kid.

Taking a break on a log.

The kids all looking for different things.

Charlotte, Tatum, and Cameron loving the beach.

Grandma and Cameron starting a castle.

Trying to get big globs of sand out of Cameron's pants.

Grandma worried Cameron was going to go under.

Back to the hotel. We swam some more in our own pool. Cameron got all the sand out by taking his suit off in our pool. He thought this was hilarious. He put them right back on and then told me I couldn't put it in the blog. Oops.

This is one way to get the sand out of your pants.

After more swimming we hit the ice cream shop. We had some delicious ice cream and decided we were not going to go there everyday. We would gain about 50 pounds. Yummy!

That is a bowl of ice cream.

Everyone is happy.

Cameron's Snicker ice cream.

Turtle Village where the store, shopping, and
ice cream were.

Back to the pool at our place. We were doing tricks with the surf board and acting silly. I accidentally broke part of the board. Lots of laughs. Back in the big pool. At 3:15 Cameron went to the kids club to play coconut bowling. It was him and 2 girls. He was less than impressed. He bowled 3 frames and then asked if he could be done. The people working didn't know how to set up the pins. My mom is the president of her bowling league and we thought for sure she was going to take over. Back to the pool and the elephant made an appearance again.

Cameron thinking his trick was cool.

I was about to attempt to jump and sit on the board.
I did it.

Cameron turning and landing on the board.

This trick was so cool it broke the board a little bit.

Judge Grandpa said Cameron won.

Cameron had to whip his hair up to get it out of his face.

We played some volleyball and then went to the swim up bar at happy hour. One drink and then off to watch Mom and Dad play shuffleboard. Mom won. Off to dinner.

We went to Bill Bentley's Pub. Mom and Cameron played indoor shuffle board. Had a good dinner. Todd took Cameron back to the room to shower while the rest of us stopped at the store again. Back to the room. I grabbed Cameron and we went to the kids club to get 2 movies. They were free and they gave Cameron popcorn.