Beach Vacation 2012: Part 1

On August 3 we were UP and OUT and headed to the BEACH....by 6:50 am. Yep, that was fun. Amazingly Colin was up and raring to GO when I opened his door at 6:30...not really surprising though!



Those headphones??? AMAZING. So peaceful when the kids are plugged in! I did make them unplug when we went over the "big, big" bridge!



Finally, FINALLY around 4:00 we got to the beach house. We had to be beg Colin for ten minutes to unload the car before we HAD to go see the water. We told him we were just saying HI and talking a little walk, but, yep, kids were both soaked in three minutes.




Welcome to the beach, I guess! We haven't been to the beach in two years, so the kids were really little last time they saw the water, so I was a bit worried they would be afraid and not like it....NO WORRIES! They loved the surf. Ran, jumped, screamed, chased, you name it. Ocean = BIG FUN.

GraGra, Papa, Zach, and his friend Joe finally made to the house, so we all settled in, spread out, and headed out for some pizza! The kids were so tired by bedtime, it didn't take long to get them settled...into their shared bedroom! C&G haven't shared a room since they were 4 months old, so this was quite an experiment for us all! And, mostly, they did GREAT! I think they were just too tired to screw around! And, it was SO nice for the grown ups to not to have to share a room with a kiddo!

Sunday was a HOT, SUNNY, and perfect for a beach day! And we took advantage of it!

First hole of the week!




Checking out the surf with GraGra.




Hi Mommy and Daddy!



(The hole wasn't really that deep, Colin was basically LAYING in the hole here)



First shell of the week....many more to follow!


The kids called this swimming:



Sunday night was wrapped up with a big scoop of ice cream at the end!




More fun to come! Woo hoo!