That's the logic I'm going with here. We went to the beach [over] a month ago. And, I just put the pictures on my computer ohhh about 2 hours ago. This was the first family vacation we've taken in about 6 years- and the very first family vacay with the sweet little people in my family! Words can't describe how much fun we had during those few days. Our mornings were spent watching the cousins play in the sand, building castles, and trying to {and failing miserably to} convince Izzy and Caleb to play in get anywhere near the ocean. As long as they were a minimum of 10 feet away from the shore, the thought the ocean was awesome; one inch closer and it was screaming cousins!
We would make our long trek [all of about 20 feet] back to the house about lunch time and get our bellies full. Next up, was nap time- but usually it ended up that only the adults got any shut eye. As you can see, Gavin didn't do such a great job convincing Izzy to take a nap. However, he successfully passed out for a 3 hour siesta. Izzy was perfectly content staying awake because "the sun isn't sleeping, and we sleep when the sun goes to bed." Oh, the logic of a toddler. If only she knew how precious naps will become when she's 20 years older. After naps, the cousin tots would usually find some sort of mischief creative activity to occupy all of us for quite a while!
Perhaps my favorite part of our little routine was the evenings we spent out on the deck! Something about having waves crashing in the background and laughter of little ones in the foreground- it just doesn't get much better than that! Caleb and Izzy were completely beyond hilarious together! I loved listening and watching as they talked and played together. If they weren't performing as a duo, they were still being silly all on their own...which is why it's impossible for me to take a "real" picture of Izzy these days! Even when I try to snap a quick picture, she beats me to the shutter and makes one of her trademark funny faces. Oh, well; maybe they'll make for some blackmail in a few decades. Doubtful- because she's still stinkin' cute! ;)
So, there's a quick, yet ridiculously late, recap of our ocean-side fun! Although I love, love, love fall, I'm still longing for next summer for another fun and entertaining trip with the little ones (and their mommies, daddies, nana and papa)!
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