Today we hit the beach for the first time and spent the whole morning there until lunch time.
The beach was beautiful with its soft white sands and clear turquoise waters. We were able to see lots of different fishes in the ocean because the water was so clear.
Stella tested the water and thought it was too cold for her liking and preferred to be on the beach either playing with Des or with her cousins. This was an about face from a year ago when Stella experienced the Pacific Ocean in San Diego and we had to drag her away kicking and screaming from the cold, cold waters of the Pacific Ocean!
Later on, Stella helped Zoe dig a big hole in the sand which they filled up with ocean water to make a little pool on the beach!
Stella tested the water and thought it was too cold for her liking and preferred to be on the beach either playing with Des or with her cousins. This was an about face from a year ago when Stella experienced the Pacific Ocean in San Diego and we had to drag her away kicking and screaming from the cold, cold waters of the Pacific Ocean!
Stella having fun burying her cousin Zoe in the sand!
Later on, Stella helped Zoe dig a big hole in the sand which they filled up with ocean water to make a little pool on the beach!
Des was just happy as a clam to be playing and digging in the sand. He filled his buckets up with sand and dumped them out over and over. When he grew tired of that, he filled our hats and beach totes with sand. He also demolished any sand castles anyone built.
Des was so happy to play in the sand that he did not even want to go in the ocean. Dada finally convinced him to go with him into the water and Des was not all that impressed with his very first experience with the ocean! He kept saying, "All done" over and over until Dada took him out of the water. Oh well, we have a whole week to get him used to the ocean!
Des was so happy to play in the sand that he did not even want to go in the ocean. Dada finally convinced him to go with him into the water and Des was not all that impressed with his very first experience with the ocean! He kept saying, "All done" over and over until Dada took him out of the water. Oh well, we have a whole week to get him used to the ocean!
2 comments:
It appears we were at the beach the same week, just different states! Looks like you all had so much fun! Griffin has still not emerged from the sandcastle-demolishing phase yet. We also stopped to eat at Cracker Barrel for our (shorter) road trip, it makes a good kid-friendly stop.
Looks like a great trip! I love the FL gulf beaches. Great family pics! And too funny about Stella's funny faces - I used to do that too, and have no good pictures of myself from that age! Silly girl!
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