Beach 2012: Day 5

Breakfast at the beach house





Again with the carrying things to the water





Wave hello to the boats!


For lunch we went to a seafood place and Andrew was introduced to hushpuppies:





We did other stuff besides playing in the water. The house had a wonderful screened in porch.
Mom worked on baby blankets for a church projects.


Jen and I did lots of knitting.


I started a blanket that went from this:


to this:


in a day. So. Fun. :) Now that we are home I am finishing it up and Andrew is begging for it, trying to pull it out of my lap. Can't wait to give it to him.

Josh taught Marisa and Mickey to make friendship bracelets.



My sweet momma


Andrew named Mike "Unka" this week.


The porch was a perfect playpen.

We did miss Papa, Adam, and Robin after they left.

Andrew really bonded with Dad. They had some long conversations about...something.

Here is a demonstration of Andrew's improving coloring, plus, bonus! A story about Baby Mickey. :)

It turns out poker chips are THE BEST vacation toy ever.

Andrew thinks Mickey is the stuff. They de- and re-constructed the couch a lot this night.

And when Daddy gets involved it always gets more fun.

Beach 2012: Day 4

Sorry about the delay. Trouble with my blogging app.
Marisa was a great buddy for Andrew on this day. They spent a lot of time fetching water from the ocean.

We also found the perfect shovel for him.

Andrew thinks everything is a horse or a truck to be ridden right now.

Josh and I keep talking about how interesting the sand is here. It is really fine and soupy and is perfect for dribble castles.

Andrew feels really strong when he throws the sand.

Andrew and Daddy work well together.

Beach 2012: Day 3

Since Andrew is sleeping in our room, I woke up to a friendly and persistent "Mama" at 5:00. AM. He wasn't ready to wake up either, really.






But he warmed up.



He went back to sleep for a mini nap


before we went on a boat ride for Father's Day.



How do you drive this thing?





We stopped at a little island along the way.

Still tired though.








Bonus! There were dogs at the rental place! :)



Just fooling around at the house:

Andrew was missing Grandma, so he and Marisa watched some videos from the blog.

Adam gave him a lesson in Angry Birds.

Wrestling with Mickey

After Andrew goes to bed, us girls look like this:


Also today, we went crab spotting after dark. I tried to get a video of Doug the Crab Herder, but it was too dark. It was awesome, and we all survived :)

Beach 2012: Day 2

Today's big discovery: sliding shower doors!