Everyone was very excited to see the riptide warning did not cause a beach closing again. We set up camp on the sand and Eli immediately ran for the waves. (Yes, thanks to the hurricane, the Gulf had serious waves!) He chased the water back and forth several times before settling into some sand play with Maddux and Tyler. The three kids dug holes, played in the water, and pushed around the dump truck for the entirety of the morning. 
Before naps, I took the kids over to the children's camp to see the four turtles they had living there. One kept trying to escape, so we named it "Maddux" (as she is a monkey-girl). Eli saw the "Maddux-turtle" climb over another turtle and he said, "Look what he doin!! That's not nice!"So the kids took well-deserved two hour naps and then we were back in the sun. This time we went to the pool across from our house. Tyler swam in his inner tube, Eli jumped in and out of the water, trying to swim with his turtle-back, and Maddux walked around the pool, playing with a shovel and a dive stick. Unfortunately she had a blow-out soon after, so I brought her back to the house for a shower before dinner.
Before bed, Ty's mom read Eli's favorite book to the boys: "H is for Homerun". The boys sang along wtih the baseball song and had a blast winding down for bedtime together. Life is good.
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