Beach Day 5

Our last full day...so sad. We went back to the beach right after breakfast (what else!) .Maddux did better with the waves today, but she was still very cautious. Eli and Cooper built lots and lots of sand castles with Cooper's mom, making a bridge and everything. Then the kids and I did crab walks up and down the beach. Eli and Maddie loved that...they both took turns riding on top of mom (aka 'the crab'). Today was the first day we thought we might get rain; black clouds surrounded our beach most of the morning. We went up to the pool before lunch and only stayed about 30 minutes because thunder caused us to leave early. So instead we rode our bikes to a sandwich place down the beach. Of course Eli rode with Finley (I think they were even holding hands).

Once again we let Eli stay up with Coop during nap time to watch a movie (Cars). He almost fell asleep this time, but the excitement of hanging out with his friend was enough to keep him up. We had a really fun evening planned: instead of the pool after naps, we hung out at the house a little longer and then rode our bikes to Seaside for dinner. We ordered a few pizzas and ate our meal on the beach. SO fun! The sun was down so the sand was cool and the kids LOVED it. We didn't put them in their suits, but Eli did get a little wet. After pizza and lots of playing, we walked over to get some ice cream to end our trip. Of course the kids enjoyed that tasty treat! Eli kept asking for 'banilla', but he ended up with raspberry sorbet. Maddux got mixed berry, which tasted like a smoothie. Hers was finished before Eli's....no shocker there!