Watercolor Weekend

We had a great trip to the beach: the kids wore themselves (and us!) out each and every day. Eli only swam in the 'big' pool once (the last day), but he had a blast in the kiddie pool. His favorite activity was throwing a Frisbee in and out of the pool. Eli liked the ocean too, but only in the afternoon when the tide came in and created little 'pools' for him to jump in. Many a hole was dug (by Lehr and D, not Eli) and many a sport was played.

Maddux enjoyed her first real trip to the beach also. (We took her in October, but she was only three months old, so her perception of it was much different than this time.) She crawled all over the beach, sitting up every few steps or so. Her newest trick is crawling two steps and then sitting up; she is quite proud of herself! Maddie loved the pool...swimming or sitting in the floatie we bought her. She is pulling up so much these days that she now has a collection of bruises on her forehead, due to knocking her head against stairs, tables, floors, or whatever.

The mode of transportation while at Watercolor is bicycles, which is difficult for the kids given their lack of skills in that department. We rented a pull-along seat for them and they did great. Maddux preventing her from crawling out while in motion. Eli did very well sitting next to her had to be strapped in as her new-found crawling skills would most likely override any common sense, even though she did take up most of the seat and she usually swung around a plastic shovel as we rode.

Neither car trip was bad; Eli did exceptionally well, staying very happy the entire way home. Maddux played peek-a-boo in the backseat with Grandma Cathie for hours on end and Eli listened to They Might Be Giants as often as allowed.